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Piazza definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIAZ'ZA, n. [Eng. id.] In building, a portico or covered walk supported by arches or columns.
PIB'-CORN, n. Among the Welsh, a wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural piazzas or piazze) Etymology: Italian, from Latin platea broad street — more at place Date: 1563 1. plural piazze an open square especially in an Italian town 2. a. an arcaded and roofed gallery b. dialect veranda, porch

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a public square or market-place esp. in an Italian town. 2 US the veranda of a house. Etymology: It., formed as PLACE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Piazza Pi*az"za, n.; pl. Piazzas. [It., place, square, market place, L. platea street, courtyard. See Place.] 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. We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. --Jer. Taylor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(piazzas) 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... N-COUNT: oft in names before n

Moby Thesaurus

agora, campo, forum, gallery, lanai, market, market cross, marketplace, mart, patio, place, plaza, porch, rialto, sleeping porch, solarium, square, stoop, sun porch, veranda