piazza
OPEN PUBLIC SPACES IN CITIES OR TOWNS, USUALLY RECTILINEAR, SURROUNDED BY BUILDINGS, AND OFTEN LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF TWO OR MORE THOROUGHFARES
Plaza; Piazza; City square; Public square; Square (city); Praça; Plaza mayor; Town squares; Civic square; Town Square; City Square; Town plaza; Urban square; Public squares; Plazuela; Pedestrian plaza; Pedestrian Plaza; City squares; Plazas; Plaza mayor (urban design)
[p?'ats?]
¦ noun
1. a public square or marketplace, especially in an Italian town.
2. US archaic the veranda of a house.
Origin
C16: Ital.