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spa
[spah] 
–noun
| 1. | a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist. |
| 2. | a luxurious resort or resort hotel. |
| 3. | health spa. |
| 4. | a hot tub or similar warm-water hydromassage facility, usually for more than one person. |
| 5. | New England. soda fountain. |
Spa
[spah] ,–noun
| a resort town in E Belgium, SE of Liège: famous mineral springs. 9391. |
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| spa (spä) n.
[After Spa, a resort town of eastern Belgium.] The word spa, taken from the name of the famous mineral springs in Spa, Belgium, has become a common noun denoting any place with a medicinal or mineral spring. Less well known is its Eastern New England sense, "soda fountain," probably an allusion to the carbonated or "mineral" water that is a staple ingredient of many soda fountain concoctions. |
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Spa
Spa\ (?; 277), n. A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
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spa
"medicinal or mineral spring," 1626, from name of health resort in eastern Belgium, known since 14c., that featured mineral springs believed to have curative properties.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: spa
Pronunciation: 'spä, 'spo
Function: noun
1 a : a mineral spring b : a resort with mineral springs
2 : a commercial establishment with facilities for exercising and bathing; especially : HEALTH SPA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Spa
municipality, Walloon Region, eastern Belgium. It is situated in the wooded hills of the northern Ardennes, southeast of Liege. Its popular mineral springs, known locally as pouhons, have caused the name spa to be given to all such health resorts
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