Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piazza"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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