noun
palazzo
puh-LAT-soh
noun
1
A large, grand urban building, especially in Italy.
"We toured a sixteenth-century palazzo in Florence."
How to Use Palazzo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn Italian word for a grand city mansion or palace-like building.
Word Forms
palazzos plural, palazzi plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from the same Latin root as "palace," ultimately from the Palatine Hill in Rome.