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- Dictionarypiazza/pɪˈatsə/
noun
- 1. a public square or marketplace, especially in an Italian town.
- 2. the veranda of a house. archaic US
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noun. pi· az· za pē-ˈa-zə. -ˈä-, sense 1 is usually -ˈat-sə, -ˈät- plural piazzas or piazze pē-ˈat- (ˌ)sā. -ˈät- Synonyms of piazza. 1. plural piazze : an open square especially in an Italian town. 2. a. : an arcaded and roofed gallery. b. dialect : veranda, porch. Synonyms. gallery [Southern & Midland] lanai. porch. stoop. verandah.
PIAZZA definition: 1. especially in Italy, an open area with a hard surface in a town, especially where there is no…. Learn more.
Most cities and large towns have a central outdoor gathering place or town square — in Italy, this is called a piazza. Some piazzas have benches, statues, and fountains. The most famous piazza in the world is probably the Piazza San Marco in Venice, but there are several piazzas in almost every Italian city, and the word is commonly used in ...
PIAZZA meaning: 1. especially in Italy, an open area with a hard surface in a town, especially where there is no…. Learn more.
Definition of piazza noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A piazza is a large open square in a town or city, especially in Italy. They were seated at a table outside a pub in a pleasant piazza close by St Paul's. Turn south at Mulinello to reach Piazza Armerina.
n. 1. A public square, especially in an Italian town. 2. A roofed and arcaded passageway; a colonnade. 3. New England & Southern Atlantic US A veranda. [Italian, from Latin platēa, street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (way), feminine of platus, broad; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
Piazza definition: an open square or public place in a city or town, especially in Italy.. See examples of PIAZZA used in a sentence.
The earliest known use of the noun piazza is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for piazza is from 1583, in the writing of John Foxe, martyrologist. piazza is a borrowing from Italian.
piazza in American English. (piˈæzə, -ˈɑːzə, also, for 1, 3, esp Brit piˈætsə, -ˈɑːt-, also, for 1 Italian ˈpjɑːttsɑː) noun Word forms: plural piazzas, Italian piazze (ˈpjɑːttse) 1. an open square or public place in a city or town, esp. in Italy.
