An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
Origin
From Italian balcone, from Old Italian balcone from Langobardic *balk, *balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-. Akin to Old High German balco, balcho, Old English balca. More at balk.
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