piazza

[ pee-az-uh, -ah-zuh especially British, pee-at-suh, -aht-; Italian pyaht-tsah ]

noun

, plural pi·az·zas, Italian piaz·ze [pyaht, -tse].

1. an open square or public place in a city or town, especially in Italy.
2. Chiefly New England and Inland South. a large porch on a house; veranda.
3. Chiefly British. an arcade or covered walk or gallery, as around a public square or in front of a building.

piazza

/ ˈpjattsa; pɪˈætsə; -ˈædzə /

noun

1. a large open square in an Italian town
2. a covered passageway or gallery

piazza

1. An open square, especially in a city or town in Italy .

Other Words From

• pi·azzaed adjective
• pi·azzi·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of piazza¹

1575–85; < Italian < Latin platēa courtyard, originally, street < Greek plateîa, noun use of feminine of platýs flat ¹. See place

Word History and Origins

Origin of piazza¹

C16: from Italian: marketplace, from Latin platēa courtyard, from Greek plateia; see place

Example Sentences

Hope Rowe, 32, of Piazza Walk, Whitechapel, is accused of killing a woman who was stabbed in a foyer of a block of flats in Duckett Street, Stepney Green, in the early hours of Sunday.

From BBC

It was the first All-Star Game homer by a Dodgers player since Mike Piazza in 1996, and only the second by a Japanese-born player after Ichiro Suzuki’s inside-the-park home run in the 2007 game.

From Los Angeles Times

Three elements cinched it: The views from the road above were stunning, the piazza charmed, and what would become something of a location star for rapt viewers, “the incredible network of stairs, alleys and passageways.”

From Los Angeles Times

Protesters lined up 172 cardboard coffins in Piazza La Scala to symbolize the exact number of workers who died on the job last year in the northern Lombardy region alone.

From Seattle Times

A sign at the center of the piazza showed the number of workers who have died in the workplace since 2018, with a peak of 1,709 in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic sent deaths figures spiraling upwards in Italy.

From Seattle Times