piazza
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 26
- Words With Friends
- 27
- Letters
- 6
/piˈæt.sə/(UK)
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/piˈæt.sə/(UK) · /piˈæ.zə/
Definition of piazza
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A public square, especially in Italian cities.
“Incidentally, the yard in front of the Granary, now a lovely piazza, was once a canal basin that had been filled in decades before.”
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noun
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A public square, especially in Italian cities.
“Incidentally, the yard in front of the Granary, now a lovely piazza, was once a canal basin that had been filled in decades before.”
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(New-England, US, dated, dialectal, especially)A veranda; a porch.
“Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.”
- (UK)A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, and plaza.
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