liagò

Venetian

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek ἡλιακός (hēliakós, “solar, sun”), because it was exposed to the sun.

Noun

liagò m (invariable)

1. (architecture) A sort of covered loggia typical of Venice.

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “liagò”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 369