Plaza vs. Piazza

Plazanoun

A town's public square.

Piazzanoun

A public square, especially in Italian cities.

Plazanoun

An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

Piazzanoun

A veranda; a porch.

Plazanoun

(North America) A strip mall.

Piazzanoun

(UK) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).

Plazanoun

A public square in a city or town.

Piazzanoun

An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.

‘We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas.’;

Plazanoun

a public square with room for pedestrians;

‘they met at Elm Plaza’; ‘Grosvenor Place’;

Piazzanoun

a public square with room for pedestrians;

‘they met at Elm Plaza’; ‘Grosvenor Place’;

Plazanoun

mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace;

‘a good plaza should have a movie house’; ‘they spent their weekends at the local malls’;