: an ancient Greek portico usually walled at the back with a front colonnade designed to afford a sheltered promenade
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIts founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa. Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Greek; akin to Greek stylos pillar — more at steer