Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A public square or similar open area in a town or city.
- n. A widened roadway forming the approach to tollbooths on a highway.
- n. A parking or service area next to a highway.
- n. A shopping center.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A public square or open space surrounded by houses in a Spanish or Spanish-American town or city; a marketplace in such a town: as, the Plaza of San Francisco.
Wiktionary
- n. a town’s public square.
- n. an open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A public square in a city or town.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a public square with room for pedestrians
- n. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
Etymologies
- From Spanish plaza ("town-square or central place of gathering"), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateia), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateia hodos, "broad way"). (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *plattea, from Latin platea, broad street; see place. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.”
“How can you dislike a town whose main plaza is known as Marimba Park where free marimba concerts are held every weekend while locals sit around eating ice cream or drinking beer and enjoying the pleasant cool tropical evenings?”
“Like most Mexican towns, its main plaza is centered by a bandstand.”
“The main plaza is extremely attractive having been restored at great cost several years ago, putting a major parking area beneath it, replanting full-grown trees and renovating around the plaza many of the buildings.”
“The Plaza Uruapan, at Melcho Ocampo 64 on the main plaza, is a 119-room, modern and efficient property, less costly than the Mansion del Cupatitzio.”
“Across the street, facing the main plaza is Hotel Frey, a more deluxe establishment.”
“They've also opened it up to what they call plaza cast when you have an opening night a bunch of people watch it outside in Times Square and Lincoln Center on the Jumbotron.”
“Furthermore, I would specifically recommend that Harwood be bricked between Old City Hall and the park to create a "plaza" - like feel and a physical connection between at least one of the buildings and the park.”
“The crushing weight of people flooding up onto the plaza was a danger to everyone.”
“Crowding the rear of the plaza were a few hundred officials of the Order who had traveled in to attend the palace dedication-important men, all.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘plaza’.
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extra room
An add-on to Trivet's list elbow room and Lampbane's list 2BDRM W/VU that tries not to duplicate Trivet's and Lampbane's existing rooms. Virtual, allegorical and proverbial rooms accepted.
scullery, suite, porch, screened porch, breakfast room, atheneum, attic, hall, dressing room, passageway, corridor, fusuma and 126 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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from spanish
translations from spanish words
demandable, recoverability, lariat, arena, vamoose, gringo, plaza, rebozo, vaquero, tortilla, barrio
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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random acts of wordness
Words I randomly come across, that make me feel good, for no apparent reason. It won't always be what they mean. It might just be the way they look or sound to me in the moment. So random.
'puter, whimsy, whilst, 'taties, foxglove, ivy, plaza, mouseover, umbrage knife, all hopped up on, heheh, overlimen and 1 more...
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Where the Streets Have a Name
In my life I've lived on an avenue, a drive, and uh, a park southwest. Maybe someday I can live on a mews.
street, avenue, lane, parkway, road, alley, drive, boulevard, mews, way, walk, court and 26 more...
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