piazza
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pi·az·za
[pee-az-uh, -ah-zuh or for 1, 3 especially British, pee-at-suh, -aht-; for 1 also Italian pyaht-tsah] 
ə, -ˈɑ noun, plural pi·az·zas Italian, piaz·ze [pyaht-tse] .
[pyaht-tse] . 1.
an open square or public place in a city or town, especially in Italy.
2.
Chiefly New England and Inland South. a large porch on a house; veranda.
3.
Chiefly British. an arcade or covered walk or gallery, as around a public square or in front of a building.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a large open square in an Italian town |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) a covered passageway or gallery |
| [C16: from Italian: marketplace, from Latin platēa courtyard, from Greek plateia; see | |
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Word Origin & History
piazza
1583, "public square in an It. town," from It. piazza, from L. platea "courtyard, broad street," from Gk. plateia (hodos) "broad (street)." Mistakenly applied in Eng. c.1642 to the colonnade of Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, rather than to the marketplace itself; hence "the verandah of a house"
(1724, chiefly Amer.Eng.).
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Cultural Dictionary
piazza [(pee-az-uh, pee-ah-zuh, pee-aht-suh)]An open square, especially in a city or town in Italy.
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The remains of the monumental complex are beneath piazza duomo.
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