Piazza

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /piˈæt.sÉ™/
• US
• (public square) IPA: /piˈæt.sÉ™/, /piˈɑːt.sÉ™/
• (veranda) IPA: /piˈæ.zÉ™/, /piˈɑː.zÉ™/

Origin

From Italian piazza.

Full definition of piazza

Noun

1. A public square, especially in an Italian city.
2. (chiefly US, dated) A veranda.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 1, 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.