piazza
/piˈæt.sə/US/piˈæ.zə/
piazza noun: a public square, especially in Italian cities.
Noun
piazza (plural piazzas or piazze)
- A public square, especially in Italian cities.
- Incidentally, the yard in front of the Granary, now a lovely piazza, was once a canal basin that had been filled in decades before.2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 43
- A veranda; a porch.
- Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).
Proper noun capitalized: Piazza
Piazza (plural Piazzas)
- A surname.
piazza meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
piazza in Hindi
- पियाज़ा, पियाज़ज़ा, पियाज़्ज़ा
piazza in Tamil
- பியாஸ்ஸா, பியாஸ்ஜா
piazza in Marathi
- पियाझा
piazza in Bengali
- পিয়াজা, পিয়াজজা
More languagesFewer languages
- piazza in Telugu
- పియాజ్జా, పియాజా
- piazza in Malayalam
- പിയാസ്സാ, പിയാസ്സ
- piazza in Kannada
- ಪಿಯಾಜ್ಜಾ, ಪಿಯಾಝಾ, ಪಿಯಾಜ್ಝಾ
- piazza in Punjabi
- ਪਿਆਜ਼ਾ
- piazza in Gujarati
- પિયાઝા
- piazza in Odia
- ପିଯ଼ାଜା
- piazza in Nepali
- पियाजा, पियाजजा
Forms of piazza
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | piazzas |
| plural | piazze |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Piazzas |
Origin of piazza
From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, platz, and plaza.
Words formed from piazza
Questions about piazza
- What does piazza mean?
- Piazza means a public square, especially in Italian cities.
- What is piazza in Hindi?
- Piazza in Hindi is पियाज़ा, पियाज़ज़ा, पियाज़्ज़ा. See Piazza meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is piazza?
- Piazza can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce piazza?
- Piazza is pronounced /piˈæt.sə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of piazza?
- The plural of piazza is piazzas.
Words near piazza in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: piazza (page history and authors); Piazza (page history and authors); piazza (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piazza (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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