Piazzi

[ pee-aht-see, -ah-zee; Italian pyaht-tsee ]

noun
  1. Giuseppe, 1746–1826, Italian astronomer.

Words Nearby Piazzi

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Piazzi in a sentence

  • In those days a man could not go from the Rose Tavern to the Piazzi once but he must venture his life twice.

  • Around this Piazzi is a network of narrow, ancient thoroughfares, with many curious houses.

    Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
  • The Piazzi del Municipio was the scene of many conflicts in the troublous days of Perugia.

    Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
  • It was on the 1st of January, 1801, that Piazzi commenced for the one hundred and fifty-ninth time to observe a new series.

    The Story of the Heavens | Robert Stawell Ball
  • Conflagration of mount tna, which overwhelmed the church of St. Leon, and the physician Piazzi.