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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Piazza

/pē-ăz'-ə/ · Pi·az·za · IPA /piˈæt.sə/
01 n. An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United State…
pl. Piazzas ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.(Arch.)
    “We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas.” Jer. Taylor.