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The church forms part of the sides of the square, and on the north-west corner of the square are the remains of a small stone tower.

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  1. noun A plane figure having four equal sides.
  2. noun Something having an equal-sided rectangular form: a square of cloth.
  3. noun A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
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  • But apparently the attackers had anticipated such a turn, for the square was all but abandoned, and the bombardment continued only from afar, with catapults launching their bombs from behind the cover of adjacent buildings. —  IMMORTALIS
  • The other guys throughout the square were also experiencing similar things. —  The Reformed Evangelist
  • A three-minute walk south of the square is the Corporate Hotel, whose boring name disguises the fact that its roof is a great place for sundowners when the weather warms, with views that stretch into the green hills. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • About 100 people remaining in the square were then penned in by police for several hours. —  DealBook
  • For full effect, you have to come here now, when it's very late, when the square is almost deserted and Cosimo de 'Medici's horse glows promisingly in the Florentine moonlight.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrāre, to square : Latin ex-, ex- + quadrāre, to give a square shape to (from quadrum, a square; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly also (especially in def. 5) squire, squier; from Middle English square, squar, sqware, sware, a square, squire, squyre, squyyre, squyʒer, a carpenters' square, from Old French esquare, esquarre, escairre, esquierre, esquire, a square, squareness, French équerre = Spanish escuadra, a square, squad, squadron, = Portuguese esquadra, a squadron, esquadria, a square, a rule, esquadro, a right angle drawn on a board, = Italian squadra. a square, also a squad or squadron of men (orig. a square): variant forms, with initial s due to the verb (see square, v.), of Old French quarre = Spanish cuadra = Portuguese Italian quadra, a square, from Latin quadra, a square, feminine of (Late Latin) quadrus, square, four-cornered, from quatuor, four, = English four: see four, quadra, quadrate, squad, squadron. Cf. square, a.
  2. from Middle English square, sqware, sware, orig. two syllables, from Old French esquarre, escarre (equivalent to quarré, carré, French carré), from Middle Latin *exquadratus (equivalent to quadratus), squared, square, past participle of *exquadrare, make square: see square, v., and cf. square, n., and quadrate, quarry.
  3. from Middle English squaren, sqwaren, from Old French esquarrer (also esquarer, escarrer, esquarrir, esquarir, escarrir), French équarrir = Provencal esquayrar, escairar, scayrar = Spanish escuadrar = Pg, esquadrar = Italian squadrare, from Middle Latin *exquadrare, square, from Latin ex-, out, + quadrate, make square, from quadra, a square, from quadrus, square, four-cornered: see quadrate, and cf. square, adjective, square, n.
  4. from square, a.
 

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