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Definition: Piazza |
PiazzaNoun1. A public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "piazza" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Piazza \Pi*az"za\, noun; plural Piazzas. [Italian expression, place, square, market place, from Latin expression platea street, courtyard. See Place.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A piazza is an open square in a city, often used as a marketplace, found in Italy. It is roughly equivalent to the Spanish plaza. Piazza has taken some slightly different meanings in Great Britain and the US.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Piazza."
Synonyms: PiazzaSynonyms: place (n), plaza (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. |
Receptacle | Portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Piazza |
| English words defined with "piazza": Piazzas. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "piazza": Place. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Piazza" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Piazza), German (Piazza, Plaza), Italian (market, Piazza, place, plaza, public square, Square), Swedish (Piazza). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Piazza pulita (1972) La Piazza vuota (1971) Light in the Piazza (1962) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sunday afternoon. Piazza in small town. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Montepulciano - Piazza del Duomo. Pozzo Pubblico (1520) / Ed. Alinari. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Japanese Com's dwelling piazza. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | On the piazza, Poland Spring House. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lake from piazza of Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Harriman house. Outdoor steps to piazza of Harriman house. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Franciscan Monastery, 14th and Quincy Sts. N.E. View down piazza gallery at Franciscan Monastery. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Panoramic view of Piazza & Cathedral, Milan, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vivere a Milano : cattura in Piazza Cadorna, 4.5.1974. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sabato 19 Aprile, tutti in piazza a Roma per il Portogallo : il Portogallo non sara' il Cile d'Europa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Siena - piazza del campo" by Mirko Battisti Commentary: "Piazza del campo taken from the Mangia tower." | "Rome - Piazza del popolo" by Rc Pause Commentary: "Piazza del popolo - Lions in front of Santa Maria dei Miracoli ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Italy | The U.S. Embassy in Rome is located at Via Veneto 119/A, telephone: 06-46741, fax: 06-488-2672 or 4674-2356. There are U.S. Consulates at the following locations: Florence, at Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci 38, telephone: 055-239-8276/7/8, or 217-605+ADs- fax: 055-284088+ADs- Milan, at Via Principe Amedeo 2/10, telephone: 02-290351+ADs- fax: 02-2900-1165+ADs- Naples, at Piazza della Repubblica, telephone: 081-583-8111+ADs- fax: 081-761-1869+ADs- Palermo (consular Agent), at Via Vaccarini 1, telephone: 091-305857 or 337-793421 (cellular)+ADs- fax: 091-6256026. Trieste (consular agent), at Via Roma 15, telephone: 040-660177, fax: 040-631240+ADs- Genoa (consular agent), Via Dante 2, telephone: 010-584492+ADs- fax: 101-553-3033. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Piazza" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.21% of the time. "Piazza" is used about 219 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.21% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.79% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Total | 100.00% | 219 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "piazza" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Piazza | Last name | 2,000 | 4,845 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "piazza"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Verandë (cupola, porch, stoop, terrace, veranda, verandah), Shesh Publik (Plaza), Qendër Tregtare (emporium, factory, Mall, mart, Plaza, shopping mall). (various references) | |
Arabic | ساحة (field, site, square, yard). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Площад (Plaza, Square), Аркада, Галерия (Slype), Веранда. (various references) | |
Chinese | 走廊 (corridor, veranda). (various references) | |
French | Place, Piazza. (various references) | |
German | Platz (accommodation, center, centre, cirrus, course, court, field, green, links, location, pew, pitch, place, plaza, position, public square, room, seat, site, space, spot, square, stand, station, town, yard), Piazza (Plaza), Veranda (patio, porch, veranda, verandah), Marktplatz (market, market square, marketplace, market-place). (various references) | |
Greek | Βεράντα, Πλατεία (Plaza, Square). (various references) | |
Italian | Piazza (market, place, plaza, public square, Square). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ビル風 (binding, bingo, eddies of wind around high buildings, foot fastening, green pepper, pea coat, pea jacket, peace, peach, peacock, peahen, peak, peanut, peanut butter, peanuts, peas, peek, peep show, Peeping Tom, people, people's capitalism, Peter Pan syndrome, Piaget, pianica, pianist, piano, piano and harmonica, piece, piecework, piercer, pimento, PR, public relations, Russian food, velvet, village, vintage, vintage year). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ピアッツァ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iazzapay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | praça (cabrank, cabs, cabstand, circus, pawn, playground, plaza, praam, pram, public square, soldier, square), varanda (balcony, gallery, gazabo, gazebo, porch, stoop, terrace, veranda). (various references) | |
Romanian | Piaţã (circus, market, mart, Square), Verandã (porch, stoop, veranda, verandah). (various references) | |
Russian | Площадь (Plaza, Square), Веранда, площадь (acreage, area, piazze, plaza). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trg (place, plaza, square), kolonada (colonnade). (various references) | |
Spanish | Plaza (arena, lieu, place, plaza, pp, public square, seat, Square), Pórtico (gateway, porch, portico, stoop), Galería (balcony, colonnade, gallery, picture gallery, tunnel). (various references) | |
Swedish | Piazza, Veranda (porch, veranda, verandah), Galleri (gallery, passageway), Arkad (arcade). (various references) | |
Turkish | Taraça (belvedere, gazebo, patio, platform, porch, terrace), Meydan (agora, arena, common, esplanade, maidan, open space, Square), Üstü Kapalı Balkon. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Площа (Plaza, Square), Веранда. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hiên. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | platea. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "piazza": piazzas. (additional references) | |
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"Piazza" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aizawa, ijaza, jiaozi, paize, paza, pazz, pazza, Pazzia, Pazzo, peaze, Perazzo, pezzo, piaza, piazi, piazo, Piazzi, piazzia, Piazzo, pieze, Pinzgau, Piozzi, pitztal, pizaaz, pizazzy, pizzo, Pizzy, plazza, Pliaska, prikazi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "piazza" (pronounced 'Pi*az"za'): Alcarraza, Bonanza, Boza, Cadenza, Chalaza, Coleorhiza, Colza, Coryza, Ganza, Glycyrrhiza, guereza, influenza, Matanza, Mirza, Morbidezza, Murza, Oryza, Peziza, Pileorhiza, Plaza, Romanza, Senza, stanza, Xanthorhiza. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-p-z-z" | |
-1 letter: pizza. | |
-3 letters: pia, zap, zip. | |
-4 letters: aa, ai, pa, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-p-z-z" | |
+1 letter: palazzi, piazzas. | |
+3 letters: paparazzi. | |
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