piazza
piazza — noun
- piazzasingular
- piazzasplural
1. a wide open space in a town or city, usually with stone or brick paving, where p
a wide open space in a town or city, usually with stone or brick paving, where people can gather, walk, or sit outside — especially found in Italy and other parts of southern Europe
Every Sunday morning, the piazza fills with stalls selling fresh fruit and flowers.
collocation: piazza fills with [market stalls]
Caio and his friends met in the central piazza before heading to the restaurant.
The old church stands at one end of the piazza, facing a stone fountain across the square.
Tourists sat at café tables in the piazza, enjoying coffee in the late afternoon sun.
Gabriela walked across the paved piazza to buy bread from the bakery on the corner.
- square
the general, everyday word for an open public area in a town; less culturally specific than piazza
- plaza
more common in American English and often implies a shopping or commercial area rather than a historic public space
- marketplace
emphasises the commercial function rather than the architectural or social character
用法筆記
Often capitalised as part of a specific name, e.g. Piazza San Marco or Piazza della Signoria.