/bel"vi dear', bel'vi dear"/ ; for 3 also It. /bel've de"rdde/ , n.
1. a building, or architectural feature of a building, designed and situated to look out upon a pleasing scene.
2. a cigar, shorter and with thinner ends than a corona.
3. ( cap. ) a palace in Vatican City, Rome, used as an art gallery.
[ 1590-1600; bellus fine + videre to see ]