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Italian word
galleria
gallery (art), tunnel, shopping arcade
Looks like
gallery
a room or building for displaying art
⚠️ The trap
Galleria means an art gallery but also a road/train tunnel and a shopping arcade. Using 'galleria' to mean only an art gallery misses its most common everyday meaning.
To say "a room or building for displaying art" in Italian:
galleria is correct but also means tunnel
"galleria" in English means:
gallery (art), tunnel, shopping arcade
Example
"Il treno passa per una galleria lunghissima."
"The train passes through a very long tunnel."
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