piazza

piazza

1. a large open square in an Italian town

2. Chiefly Brit a covered passageway or gallery

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Piazza

A public open space or square surrounded by buildings.

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piazza

1. A public open space or square surrounded by buildings.

2. A term occasionally used for a raised porch or veranda in French Vernacular architecture or in American Colonial architecture and derivatives (especially in the South); often supported by columns or posts.

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