palazzo
Americannoun
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palazzi
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of palazzo
< Italian: literally, palace
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Mystified, he wanders the dank halls of their rented palazzo and the fetid alleyways of the “pestilential city” where canal waters slither past like “a fat, grey-green worm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The director of the Colosseum Archeological Park, which includes the Palatine Hill, in a written description of the restored palazzo, dubbed it “the power palace par excellence.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The action unfolds at a crumbling Venetian palazzo that’s rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of girls and boys who perished years ago during an outbreak of the plague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Workers dripped with sweat as they balanced on metal ladders outside the palazzo.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
“And the palazzo is where I will take you now,” said the old woman.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
As we enter, that video projection surrounds us with vast images of canals and churches, palazzi and domestic buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
In Venice, a marble plaque affixed to the side of one of the city’s palazzi reads: “These were the homes of Marco Polo, who travelled to the farthest regions of Asia and described them.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
On top of that, Venice’s many museums time their biggest shows to open during the Biennale, while dealers, foundations, and chancers rent out canalside palazzi for pop-up exhibitions ranging from museum-quality to cash-and-carry.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Gone are the cobblestone roads, the antiquities, the worn palazzi dappled like watercolors.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
They are often of commanding exterior, and are called palazzi, or palaces.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various
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