Pisa

American  

[pee-zuh, pee-zah] / ˈpi zə, ˈpi zɑ /

noun

1. a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.

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Pisa British  

/ ˈpiːsa, ˈpiːzə /

noun

1. a city in Tuscany, NW Italy, near the mouth of the River Arno: flourishing maritime republic (11th–12th centuries), contains a university (1343), a cathedral (1063), and the Leaning Tower (begun in 1174 and about 5 m (17 ft) from perpendicular); tourism. Pop: 89 694 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Pisan
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Pisa

In Wales, 113 schools took part in Pisa with 3,406 pupils sitting the tests.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Although the mean scores changed in all three main categories since the last Pisa study, Scotland's 2025 performance was not statistically significantly different from in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Pisa study is just one way of measuring standards in Scotland's high schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Scotland's ranking in the latest Pisa international education study, external did not change significantly between 2022 and 2025 but a long-term decline in reading standards has not been reversed.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It is said that Galileo demonstrated that Aristotle’s belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking