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Italian word

galleria

gallery (art gallery); also a shopping arcade or tunnel

Looks like

gallery

a room or building for displaying art; an upper floor in a theatre

⚠️ The trap

'Galleria' in Italian also means a road or rail tunnel ('galleria autostradale'), and a covered shopping arcade ('Galleria Vittorio Emanuele'). English 'gallery' doesn't cover these meanings.

To say "a room or building for displaying art; an upper floor in a theatre" in Italian:

galleria d'arte (art gallery)

"galleria" in English means:

gallery (art gallery); also a shopping arcade or tunnel

Example

"Abbiamo visitato la Galleria degli Uffizi a Firenze."

"We visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence."

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