Look up: Piazza

1. Piazza
   an open space, sometimes square but more usually rectangular, surrounded by buildings. Used in Scotland to describe the arcaded walk under 17th century and earlier, buildings.
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2. Piazza
   Pi·az"za noun ; plural Piazzas . [ Italian , place, square, market place, Latin platea street, courtyard. See Place .] An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Architecture) , an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda. « We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in pia …
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3. Piazza
   A `piazza` (IPA ) is an open square in a city, found in Italy, and also in some other places on the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish `plaza`. In Ethiopia, it is used to refer to a part of a city. When the Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcades, in the Italian fashion. Talk ab...
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4. Piazza
   A `piazza` (IPA ) is an open square in a city, found in Italy, and also in some other places on the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish `plaza`. In Ethiopia, it is used to refer to a part of a city. When the Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcades, in the Italian fashion. Talk ab...
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5. Piazza
   • (n.) An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
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6. piazza
   square or marketplace in an Italian town or city. The word is cognate with the French and English `place` and Spanish `plaza,` all ultimately ...
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