Piatza
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Piatza is a noun meaning Marketplace, meeting place.
Meaning
Marketplace, meeting place.
More Meanings
- A shaman among the indigenous peoples of Guyana.
Example Sentences
The Indian tribes in Guiana have mystery-men, called Piatzas, or Piaies, who constitute a powerful priesthood.
Piatza = market-place, meeting-place [...] Shakspere seems to use place in this sense in The Taming of the Shrew, i. I. 'Padua, a public place '
Sometimes 5 Imprimaturs are ſeen together dialogue-wiſe in the Piatza of one Title page, complementing and ducking each other with their ſhav'n reverences
Word Forms
- piatzas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include market place, marketplace, forum, plaza, place, market.
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