Piazzi

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

/ piˈɑt si, -ˈɑ zi; Italian ˈpyɑt tsi /

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noun

Giuseppe, 1746–1826, Italian astronomer.

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Words nearby Piazzi

Piatigorsky, Piatra Neamt, Piauí, Piave, piazza, Piazzi, pibal, pibgorn, piblokto, pibroch, pic

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.
The History of Signboards|Jacob Larwood
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.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell