different between piazza vs sqaurepiazza

English

Etymology

From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, and plaza.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pi?æt.s?/, /pi??t.s?/
• (US) (veranda): IPA^(key): /pi?æ.z?/, /pi??.z?/

Noun

piazza (plural piazzas or piazze)

1. A public square, especially in Italian cities.
2. (US dialects, especially New England, dated) A veranda; a porch.
3. (Britain) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).

Usage notes

• The plural piazze is used especially when the word refers to public squares in Italy, and plural piazzas when it refers to porches.
• In some Southern dialects, the variant form pizer is used.

References

• Thomas Durant Visser, Porches of North America (2012, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• apizza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pjat.t?sa/
• Hyphenation: piàz?za
• Rhymes: -attsa

Etymology 1

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa). Doublet of platea. Cognate with Spanish plaza, French place, German platz.

Noun

piazza f (plural piazze)

1. square, plaza
2. market
3. space, post
4. (Rome, figuratively) A bald area on the scalp.

Synonyms

• (market): mercato
• (bald spot): chierica

Derived terms

• mettere in piazza
• piazzale
• piazzetta

Descendants

• ? English: piazza
• ? Romanian: pia??

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

piazza

1. third-person singular present indicative of piazzare
2. second-person singular imperative of piazzare

Anagrams

• pazzia