what is a loggia
Definition of loggia in English: loggia. noun. A gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden. âExtending out from the pavilion is a large loggia, which in time will be colonized by deciduous local vines, forming a green gateway.â.
-logy, -logia, a suffix meaning a science or study of: mammalogy, metabology, neonatology. Suffix meaning 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the English equivalent is-logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology [G. logos, discourse, treatise].