pi|az|za

pi|az|za «pee AZ uh; Italian PYAHT tsah», noun, plural -zas, Italian -ze «-tsay».

1. a large porch along one or more sides of a house; veranda: »

the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather (Washington Irving).

2. an open public square in Italian cities and towns: »

Rome's II Tempo suggests that “statues be built to him and piazzas named in his honor” (Time).

3. British. an exterior covered walk with columns.

╂[< Italian piazza < Vulgar Latin plattia, for Latin platēa courtyard, broad street. See etym. of doublets place¹ (Cf. ↑place), plaza. (Cf. ↑plaza)]