piazza Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a public square with room for pedestrians
    plaza; place.
    • they met at Elm Plaza
    • Grosvenor Place

WordNet

Pi*az"za noun
Etymology
It., place, square, market place, L. platea street, courtyard. See Place.
Wordforms
plural Piazzas
Definitions
  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.
    We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913