galerie

[gal-ree, gal-uh-]

noun

Gulf States (chiefly Louisiana).

1. gallery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of galerie¹

< Louisiana French, French: gallery

Example Sentences

Shortly after the theft, it was revealed by the Louvre's director that the only camera monitoring the Galerie d'Apollon was pointing away from a balcony the thieves climbed over to break in.

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The Louvre, once the home of French royalty, has myriad entry points like windows and balconies, including the one thieves scaled to reach the Galerie d’Apollon and make off with $102 million in jewels.

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Once you properly enter the space, a second, even more eye-catching sight awaits you: a staircase that winds up all four floors that resembles the one at the Dior Galerie in Paris.

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On the other side of the balcony window, museum visitors had just begun filtering into the gilded Galerie d’Apollon, which was designed during the reign of the 17th-century monarch Louis XIV, known as the Sun King.

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Police suspected these were the men who entered the Galerie d’Apollon with angle grinders.

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