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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French gloriette.
Pronunciation
Noun
glorieta f (plural glorietes)
- pavilion, gloriette
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French gloriette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡloˈɾjeta/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: glo‧rie‧ta
Noun
glorieta f (plural glorietas)
- roundabout, traffic circle (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
- Synonym: rotonda
1997, Pilar Urbano, Yo entré en el Cesid, page 183:Estando ahí, veo en la glorieta ajardinada dos o tres vehículos grises de la Policía Armada.- There, I see in the landscaped roundabout two or three gray Armed Police Corps vehicles.
- (horticulture) arbor, bower
- summerhouse, alcove, pavilion, gazebo
- Synonym: cenador
- (Cuba, Dominican Republic) kiosk; newsstand
- Synonym: quiosco
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