palazzo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an imposing urban residence or public building in Italy, especially one of historical or architectural importance

   The Renaissance palazzo enclosed a broad arcaded courtyard.

Borrowed from Italian palazzo, 'palace or large urban building,' from Latin palatium. Palatium originally named Rome's Palatine Hill, where imperial residences stood, and then came to mean a palace. Palazzo is therefore a doublet of palace.

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