Meaning of piatza | Babel Free
Definitions
- Marketplace, meeting place.
- A shaman among the indigenous peoples of Guyana.
Examples
“Sometimes 5 Imprimaturs are ſeen together dialogue-wiſe in the Piatza of one Title page, complementing and ducking each other with their ſhav'n reverences”
“Piatza = market-place, meeting-place [...] Shakspere seems to use place in this sense in The Taming of the Shrew, i. I. 'Padua, a public place '”
“The Indian tribes in Guiana have mystery-men, called Piatzas, or Piaies, who constitute a powerful priesthood.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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