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pi·az·za

 (pē-ăz′ə, -ä′zə)
n.
1. A public square, especially in an Italian town.
2. A roofed and arcaded passageway; a colonnade.
3. New England & Southern Atlantic US A veranda.

[Italian, from Latin platēa, street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (way), feminine of platus, broad; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
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piazza

(pɪˈætsə; -ˈædzə; Italian ˈpjattsa)
n
1. (Civil Engineering) a large open square in an Italian town
2. (Architecture) chiefly Brit a covered passageway or gallery
[C16: from Italian: marketplace, from Latin platēa courtyard, from Greek plateia; see place]
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pi•az•za

(piˈæz ə, -ˈɑ zə or, for 1,3, piˈæt sə, -ˈɑt-)

n., pl. pi•az•zas, It. piaz•ze (ˈpyɑt tsɛ)
1. an open public square in a city or town, esp. in Italy.
2. Chiefly New Eng. and Southern U.S. a large porch; veranda.
[1575–85; < Italian < Latin platēa courtyard < Greek plateîa]
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Noun1.piazza - a public square with room for pedestrianspiazza - a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
public square, square - an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
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Translations

piazza

[pɪˈætsə] N (US) → pórtico m, galería f; (= square) → plaza f
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piazza

[piˈætsə] npiazza f
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piazza

nPiazza f, → (Markt)platz m; (US: = veranda) → (überdachte) Veranda
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References in periodicals archive ?
"There will be a 'Prologue' with large spaces inspired by the forms of important Italian piazze, and a Grand Finale that will be almost like a cathedral to nature, to light, to the music of the universe, like the sky over the Mediterranean and the Desert."
Remarking on the design of the Italy Pavilion, Italo Rota, founding partner of Italo Rota Building Office, added: "There will be a 'prologue' with large spaces inspired by the forms of important Italian piazze , and a 'grand finale' that will be almost like a cathedral to nature, light, [and] the music of the universe, like the sky over the Mediterranean and the desert."
Va ricordato che ogni centro urbano italiano presenta nella toponomastica delle cosiddette "aree di circolazione" (vie, vicoli, piazze, ecc.) piu o meno conservati nomi tradizionali che spesso riflettono elementi dialettali che a Venezia sono assai frequenti avendo meno risentito di cambiamenti nei nomi (4) che citta e paesi italiani hanno conosciuto, per lo piu motivati da eventi storici (notevoli gia quelli provocati dagli echi risorgimentali) con intenti celebrativi ed esigenze simboliche (5).
(19) No he podido ubicar esta obra, podria tratarse de Jacques Dupuy de la Serra, Trattato delle Lettere di Cambio secundo l'uso dellepiu celebri Piazze dEuropa (Venecia, 1772).
Quarant'anni dopo, i gruppi camorristici che si contendono strade e piazze agiscono con la stessa ferocia.
In questo luogo Marino depreca gli usi dei suoi contemporanei per cui la bravura militare viene misurata solo in giostre e tornei, mentre "gli usberghi" e "gli scudi" sono lustri e scintillanti perche devono splendere sulle piazze e non sono toccati dal campo di battaglia.
Le performance possono essere realizzate in teatri, in locali in uso ad una comunita, in piazze e parchi.
The reflection on the city and its public spaces within the Tendenza resumes a classic static approach strongly related to surrealist painting of De Chirico's Piazze. But the early crisis of this movement may be founded in its retrospective look with regard to the so pretended modernity since there was a return to static vision and a desire for monumentality, firmness and permanence characteristic of academic architecture, eluding the more ephemeral and lightweight architecture proposed by Modernism (Montaner, 1993; Hays, 1998).
(17.) Cosmi E, Piazze JJ, Ruozi A, Anceschi MM, La Torre R, Andrisani A, et al.
Giancotti A La Torre R Spagnuolo A D'Ambrosio V Cerekja A Piazze J et al.