PIAZZA

plaza, place, piazza

(noun) a public square with room for pedestrians; “they met at Elm Plaza”; “Grosvenor Place”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Piazza (plural Piazzas)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Piazza is the 4232nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8372 individuals. Piazza is most common among White (92.68%) individuals.

Anagrams

• apizza

Etymology

Noun

piazza (plural piazzas or piazze)

A public square, especially in Italian cities.

(US dialects, especially, New England, dated) A veranda; a porch.

(UK) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).

Usage notes

• The plural piazze is used especially when the word refers to public squares in Italy, and plural piazzas when it refers to porches.

• In some Southern dialects, the variant form pizer is used.

Anagrams

• apizza

Source: Wiktionary


Pi*az"za, n.; pl. Piazzas. Etym: [It., place, square, market place, L. platea street, courtyard. See Place.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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