a central court through several storeys of a shopping centre or department store onto which shops or departments open at each level
Word origin
C20: from Italian; see gallery
galleria in American English
(ˌgæləˈriə)
noun
a large arcade or court, sometimes with a glass roof, used for displaying artworks, as a passageway to shops or offices, as a location for restaurants, boutiques, etc.
Examples of 'galleria' in a sentence
galleria
The market building was reopened as a hugely successful retail galleria in 1980.