Originally referred to a distinctive type of arcade of shops in Italian cities, descendents of the ancient stoas. Now refers to covered shopping malls that architecturally resemble or were inspired by Italian gallerias. The term is also used to describe areas of a department store that are designed so as to appear to contain a number of separate shops.

gallerias(shopping centers)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
galleria(shopping center)　(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
galleries(shopping centers)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
拱廊商街(購物中心)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,,)
大拱廊商店街(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
kung lang shang chieh(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
gǒng láng shāng jiē(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
gong lang shang jie(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Objects Facet
........Built Environment (Hierarchy Name)
............Built Complexes and Districts
................complexes (buildings)
....................<complexes by function>
........................<commercial complexes>
............................shopping centers
................................gallerias (shopping centers)

distinguished from....

stoas

Chinese (traditional)....	原指義大利城市中一種獨特的長廊式商店街，由舊時的拱廊衍生而來。現在則是指有屋頂的購物商場，其建築形式上類似於義大利的拱廊商街或設計上受其影響。該詞條也用來指百貨公司內讓一些個別商家進駐的空間。

gallerias(shopping centers)............	[VP]
.................	Wilkes and Packard, Encyclopedia of Architecture (1989-90) 1:378
.................	Abrams, Language of Cities (1971)
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.................	Candidate term Candidate term - Avery - January 1990
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 27 October 2009
.................	AATA database (1995-) 158836 checked 26 January 2012
galleria(shopping center)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
galleries(shopping centers)............	[VP]
.................	Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
拱廊商街(購物中心)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 April 12, 2012
大拱廊商店街............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
Subject:............	[GCI]
.................	AATA database (1995-) 158836 checked 26 January 2012

Getty AAT: 300312183 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300312183
ASDC Union Catalog： gallerias 、galleria 、galleries 、拱廊商街 、大拱廊商店街 、kung lang shang chieh 、gǒng láng shāng jiē 、gong lang shang jie