mez‧za‧nine /ˈmezəniːn, ˈmetsə- $ ˈmezə-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Italian mezzanino, from mezzano 'middle']

1. a small floor that is built between two other floors in a building:
the mezzanine floor

2. American English the lowest balcony in a theatre, or the first few rows of seats in that balcony

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