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Meaning of Piazza | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
piˈæt.sə

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الميدان
Bosanski trg трг
Deutsch Platz
Hrvatski trg трг
Italiano piazza piazza
Kurdî meydan
Српски trg трг
Türkçe meydan

Examples

“Incidentally, the yard in front of the Granary, now a lovely piazza, was once a canal basin that had been filled in decades before.”
“Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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