palazzo

noun

pa·​laz·​zo pə-ˈlät-(ˌ)sō How to pronounce palazzo (audio)
plural palazzi pə-ˈlät-(ˌ)sē How to pronounce palazzo (audio)
: a large imposing building (such as a museum or a place of residence) especially in Italy

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Coin studied and transformed the grandiose palazzo designs into wearable works of art. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025 Located right on the bustling Piazza delle Erbe, Verona’s liveliest piazza built atop the ancient Roman Capitolium, this museum gives new life to a majestic 17th-century palazzo. Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025 The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world. Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025 The Holy Grail of unsolved art thefts is, in fact, an American one, according to investigators such as Geoffrey Kelly, who for two decades led the FBI's investigation into the 1990 theft at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which opened in 1903 as a Venetian-style palazzo. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 1 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for palazzo

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Latin palatium palace

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of palazzo was in 1657

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“Palazzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palazzo. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.

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