pian
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of pian
1795–1805; < French pians, said to be < Tupi
Example Sentences
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At home, his fight against yaws had made Mitjà a star and turned pian, Catalan for yaws, into a household word.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 19, 2018
At the time of the centenary last year, the Steinways had produced 342,000 pianos, used and abused by pian ists from Liszt to Rubenstein the Second.
From Time Magazine Archive
Possibly, when the work going on pian piano in the church is completed, they may be restored to their original place.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
A range of light arcades, whose delicate columns, wreathed round with the most graceful foliage, seemed almost too slight to sustain the massive structure which rose above them, surrounded the pian terreno.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
Like his father, and with better fortune, he was called upon to reorganize the military system of his country on an entirely new pian, learned, as before, by defeat.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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