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plaza

[ plah-zuh, plaz-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a public square or open space in a city or town.
shopping plaza.
an area along an expressway where public facilities, as service stations and restrooms, are available.

plaza

/ ˈplaθa; ˈplɑːzə /

an open space or square, esp in Spain or a Spanish-speaking country
1. a modern complex of shops, buildings, and parking areas
2. ( capital when part of a name )
  Rockefeller Plaza

Origin of plaza¹

First recorded in 1675–85; from Spanish, from Latin platea “street,” from Greek plateîa “broad street”; place

Origin of plaza¹

C17: from Spanish, from Latin platēa courtyard, from Greek plateia; see place

In her struggle to find her daughter, Esther becomes one of the founders of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.

The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.

A crate of the stuff arrived at the studio, compliments of the Plaza Athénée.

When they do dine, the Hitchcocks sometimes use Limoges china marked “Plaza Athénée.”

In August, Trump filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the casino and from the nearby, since-closed Trump Plaza.

This rampart of dwellings was in the shape of a rectangle, and enclosed a large square or plaza containing a noble reservoir.

Twenty men and twenty women advanced to the centre of the plaza in double file and faced each other.

The Plaza was full of people, women talking under the stiff palms, and men sitting on wicker chairs on the hotel piazza opposite.

Meantime the Plaza is being filled with chairs—rocking-chairs—which seem to spring up out of nothing.

The Plaza is still the parlor in Guadalajara and it's enchanting!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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