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Synonyms for piazza

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pee-az-uh, -ah-zuh or for 1, 3 especially British, pee-at-suh, -aht-; for 1 also Italian pyaht-tsah
Phonetic Transcription : piˈæz ə, -ˈɑ zə or for 1, 3 especially British, piˈæt sə, -ˈɑt-; for 1 also Italian ˈpyɑt tsɑ

Définition of piazza

Origin :
  • 1580s, "public square in an Italian town," from Italian piazza, from Latin platea "courtyard, broad street," from Greek plateia (hodos) "broad (street);" see place (n.). According to OED, mistakenly applied in English 1640s to the colonnade of Covent Garden, designed by Inigo Jones, rather than to the marketplace itself; hence "the verandah of a house" (1724, chiefly American English).
  • noun porch
Example sentences :
  • The Milbreys, father and son, came up and greeted the group on the piazza.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The old feller was sittin' on the piazza in a big rattan chair.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • When he went out on the piazza he saw excitement among his comrades.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Though all cannot live on the piazza,” as the Tuscan proverb has it, “every one may feel the sun.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Will ye come in th' parlor, er had ye ruther set out on th' piazza?
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • I saw father go into the room a moment since, and grandpa's out on the piazza.
  • Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
  • So she went into the house, procured a book, and sat on the piazza.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
  • Neither father nor mother was on the piazza, as Polly had hoped they would be.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • Somebody would always be getting scratched if they were on my piazza.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • The piazza had been where it now was almost since Mr. Lumley could remember.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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