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plage

  [plahzh]
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–noun
1. a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
2. Astronomy. a luminous area in the sun's chromosphere that appears in the vicinity of a sunspot.
Origin:
1885–90; < F < It piaggia < LL plagia shore, n. use of fem. of plagius horizontal < Gk plágios slanting, sideways; see plagio-
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plage   (pläzh)   
n.  

  1. A sandy beach at a seaside resort.

  2. A bright and intensely hot area in the sun's chromosphere, usually associated with a sunspot.


[French, from Italian piaggia, ultimately from Greek plagia, neuter pl. of plagios, oblique, slanting; see plagal.]
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