esplanade

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Because the esplanade is historic, the Texas Historical Commission wants every tree that's removed replaced with a new one, something that will be possible only as funding allows,

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  1. noun A flat open stretch of pavement or grass, especially one designed as a promenade along a shore.

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  • After tea she went for a stroll along the esplanade, and encountered Hurstwood, of the Sixth Form. —  Death At The Opera - Gladys Mitchell - Mrs Bradley 05: 1934
  • Upon reaching the gate of the esplanade, they found it locked, and were thus compelled to pass down the river bank, and then ascend it at the northern gate. —  Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet
  • At the turning to the esplanade, the boys slowed to a walk. —  No Winding Sheet-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 65
  • The esplanade, the harbor, the restaurants and the shops along the shore, as well as the tropical vegetation and the palm trees, gave Cairns a special ambiance. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Because the esplanade is historic, the Texas Historical Commission wants every tree that's removed replaced with a new one, something that will be possible only as funding allows, —  The Daily News - News
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  1. French, from Italian spianata, from spianare, to level, from Latin explānāre, to make plain; see explain.

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  1. from Old French esplanade = Spanish Portuguese esplanada = Italian spianata, from Old French esplaner, level, explain, = Spanish esplanar, explanar = Italian spianare, from Latin explanare, level, explain, etc.: see explain. Hence, by apheresis, splanade.
 

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