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piatzas

piatzas is the plural of piatza.

Meaning of piatza

Noun (1)

piatza (plural piatzas)

  1. Marketplace, meeting place.
    • Sometimes 5 Imprimaturs are ſeen together dialogue-wiſe in the Piatza of one Title page, complementing and ducking each other with their ſhav'n reverences1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 8

Noun (2)

piatza (plural piatzas)

  1. A shaman among the indigenous peoples of Guyana.
    • The Indian tribes in Guiana have mystery-men, called Piatzas, or Piaies, who constitute a powerful priesthood.1876, Carl Engel, “Music and Medicine”, in Musical Myths and Facts, volume II, London: Novello, Ewer & Co., […], pages 89–90

Questions about piatzas

What is piatzas the plural of?
Piatzas is the plural of piatza.

Words near piatzas in the dictionary

  1. Piatt
  2. Piatt County
  3. Piatts
  4. Piatykhatky
  5. piatza
  6. piatzas
  7. Piauí
  8. Piaye
  9. piazza
  10. piazzaed
  11. piazzaless

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