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piazza


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




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