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piazzas

[pee-az-uh, -ah-zuh or, for 1, 3 especially Brit., pee-at-suh, -aht-; for 1 also It. pyaht-tsah]

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noun, plural pi·az·zas, Italian piaz·ze

[pyaht-tse] .

an open square or public place in a city or town, especially in Italy.

Chiefly New England and Inland South. a large porch on a house; veranda.

Chiefly British. an arcade or covered walk or gallery, as around a public square or in front of a building.

Origin:
1575–85; < Italian < Latin platēa courtyard, orig., street < Greek plateîa, noun use of feminine of platýs flat¹. See place

Related forms

pi·az·zaed, adjective

pi·az·zi·an, adjective

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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"

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(1724, chiefly Amer.Eng.).

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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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"Each city is an archetype rather than a prototype, an exaggerated example from which to derive lessons for the typical. Each city vividly superimposes elements of a supranational scale on the local fabric: churches in the religious capital, casinos in the entertainment capital. These cause violent juxtapositions of use and scale in both cities. Rome's churches, off streets and piazzas, are open to the public; the pilgrim, religious or architectural, can walk from church to church. The gambler or architect in Las Vegas can similarly take in a variety of casinos along the Strip. The casinos and lobbies of Las Vegas are ornamental and monumental and open to the promenading public."

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