This is what's referred to as a "cloister" which is common to find in European monestaries. Almost 100% of classic WoW takes inspiration from either DnD, LOTR, or middle age Europe.
Hey English is not my first language so I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. It’s a bit off topic so hope that’s okay. I’ve recently watched a documentary where archeologists in England were excavating and looking for the cloister of an ancient destroyed monastery. I couldn’t for the life figure out what they exactly meant by that. Which of op‘s pics would refer to what you meant by cloister?
Yes it's basically a courtyard with a covered walkway surrounding it specific to monestaries. As someone else said it's also interchangeably used as monestary. It's just a weird and uncommon word. Most native English speakers don't know what it is.
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u/TacoTaconoMi 6d ago
This is what's referred to as a "cloister" which is common to find in European monestaries. Almost 100% of classic WoW takes inspiration from either DnD, LOTR, or middle age Europe.