palazzo

Definition

A large, palatial urban building in Italy.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.

Example Sentences

• "Cecil Spenser's society—who soon shewed he could understand and enter into his views—became a source of great gratification, and his young countryman was almost domesticated at the palazzo."
• "At the piazzas, Romans are usually surrounded by tourists attracted by the classical palazzos, churches, monuments and fountains."