variants
or piazze
as in porches
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building
let's enjoy our mint juleps out on the piazza
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Recent Examples of piazzas
The Calendimaggio festival, held each May, fills the town with medieval pageantry and music, while various religious feasts throughout the year bring color and tradition to the piazzas.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
As the last rusty leaves fell from the trees in the parks and historic piazzas, the birds swooped down, rummaging and pecking and shaking their feathers, then flew off again with quivers of delight.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
And in addition to individual piazzas, these spaces were designed with streets that link one square to another.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The company travels to Rome, where Blackshirts march in the piazzas, but Duse’s health worsens.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Narrow, maze-like streets led to tiled Venetian piazzas, all framed by charming medieval architecture.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
As the last rusty leaves fell from the trees in the parks and historic piazzas, the birds swooped down, rummaging and pecking and shaking their feathers, then flew off again with quivers of delight.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
And in addition to individual piazzas, these spaces were designed with streets that link one square to another.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The company travels to Rome, where Blackshirts march in the piazzas, but Duse’s health worsens.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Narrow, maze-like streets led to tiled Venetian piazzas, all framed by charming medieval architecture.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piazzas
porches
Noun
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Clean all outdoor surfaces, including patios, decks, driveways and porches.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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In the decades since, most of these homes became modernized with central air conditioning and many homeowners have fully enclosed sleeping porches to turn them into year-round sunrooms or to enlarge an existing bedroom or bathroom.—
Maggie Burch,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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“Piazzas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piazzas. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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