piazza : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: piazza	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for piazza
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piazza n a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" Synonym(s): plaza, place, piazza
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.