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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piazza \Pi*az"za\, n.; pl {Piazzas}. [It., place square,
market place L. platea street, courtyard. See {Place}.]
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.
We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. --Jer.
Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
piazza
n : a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm
Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: {plaza}, {place}]
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