Meaning of Belvedere | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4978).
2. A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
3. A western suburb of Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9669).
4. Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia)
5. A place in the United States:
6. A small city in Marin County, California.
7. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
8. A populated place in Jefferson County, Ohio.
9. A census-designated place in Aiken County, South Carolina.
10. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
11. A place in Canada:
12. A locality in Alberta.
13. A neighbourhood in south-east Calgary, Alberta.
14. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
15. A locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, northern Queensland, Australia.
16. A neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
17. A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

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Examples

““One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padua wine), Manette and Marton left the widow's house noiselessly in the Campo San Zobenigo, and made their way running towards the Piazza of St. Mark's.””

“The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and down at heel as possible […].”

“Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large. This is said to have been used by Rhodes as a belvedere, and (according to some sources) by railway staff for some time after opening.”

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