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plaza

See also: Plaza, plaża, plażą, plaža, and płaza

English

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The Plaza de España in Seville.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish plaza (“town-square or central place of gathering”), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, place, and platz.

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plaza (plural plazas)

  1. A town's public square.
    Tourists gathered in the central plaza.
    • 2009 October 2, Patty Winsa, “Ontario's largest skateboard park set to open”, in Toronto Star‎[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2009:
      It's one of only three street plazas in the country, a new generation of parks for streetstyle skateboarding.
    • 2022 April 22, Jessica Schneider, “Person sets self on fire at Supreme Court plaza”, in CNN‎[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 23 April 2022:
      Someone set themself on fire Friday at the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court building, a court spokesperson said.
  2. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
  3. (Canada, US) A strip mall.
  4. A shopping mall.
    The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.

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Descendants

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  • → Russian: пла́за (pláza)
  • → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplaθa/ [ˈpla.θa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aθa
  • Syllabification: pla‧za

Noun

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plaza f (plural places)

  1. (town) square

Further reading

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  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “plaza”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “plaza”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /plas̻a/ [pla.s̻a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /plas̺a/ [pla.s̺a]

 

  • Hyphenation: pla‧za

Noun

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plaza inan

  1. plaza, town square, public place
  2. market place

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Declension of plaza (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive plaza plaza plazak plazok
ergative plazak plazak plazek plazok
dative plazari plazari plazei plazoi
genitive plazaren plazaren plazen plazon
comitative plazarekin plazarekin plazekin plazokin
causative plazarengatik plazarengatik plazengatik plazongatik
benefactive plazarentzat plazarentzat plazentzat plazontzat
instrumental plazaz plazaz plazez plazotaz
inessive plazatan plazan plazetan plazotan
locative plazatako plazako plazetako plazotako
allative plazatara plazara plazetara plazotara
terminative plazataraino plazaraino plazetaraino plazotaraino
directive plazatarantz plazarantz plazetarantz plazotarantz
destinative plazatarako plazarako plazetarako plazotarako
ablative plazatatik plazatik plazetatik plazotatik
partitive plazarik — — —
prolative plazatzat — — —

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plaza m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of plaz

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

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plaza f

  1. street

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

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plaza (plural plaza-plaza)

  1. plaza: a town's public square
    Synonym: alun-alun
  2. strip mall
    Synonyms: mal, pusat perbelanjaan
  3. parking lot
    Synonym: parkiran

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Romansh

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From Latin platēa.

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plaza f (plural plazas) (Sutsilvan)

  1. place, position
  2. job, employment

Spanish

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of platea. Compare Portuguese praça and French place.

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plaza f (plural plazas)

  1. plaza, town square
  2. fortified town
  3. seat
    Synonym: asiento
  4. (employment) position
  5. (entertainment) bullring
    Synonym: plaza de toros
  6. (commerce) mall, shopping center
    Synonym: centro comercial

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