标题: China Opens World's Largest Building [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 8-1-2013 15:13 标题: China Opens World's Largest Building "USA SNAPSHOTS
China Opens World's Largest Building
How the floor space compares with the largest US buildings:
(in millions of square feet)
18.9..................New Century Global Center (Chengdu, China)
6.9....................The Palazzo (Las Vegas)
6.6....................The Pentagon (Arlington, Va)
Source USA TODAY research
ANNE R CAREY AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY"
Note:
(a) New Century Global Centre 新世纪环球中心
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Century_Global_Centre
(Opening July 1, 2013)
(b) The Palazzo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palazzo
(Opening date Dec 30, 2007)
(i) Italian English dictionary
palazzo (noun masculine); "palace; [imposing] building"
(ii) the Italian word "palazzo" has been absorbed into English:
palazzo (n; Italian, from Latin palatium palace; First Known Use circa 1666):
"a large imposing building (as a museum or a place of residence) especially in Italy" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palazzo