noun
Meaning 1
Marketplace, meeting place.
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piatza
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noun
Meaning 2
A shaman among the indigenous peoples of Guyana.
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History
Etymology
Likely from Italian piazza, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa); see more at piazza.
From a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Trió pïjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači (“shaman”) (from Proto-Taranoan *pɨjaci, from the Proto-Cariban term).