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Definition of plaza - 4 dictionary results
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pla⋅za

  [plah-zuh, plaz-uh]
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–noun
1. a public square or open space in a city or town.
2. shopping plaza.
3. an area along an expressway where public facilities, as service stations and rest rooms, are available.
Origin:
1675–85; < Sp < L platea street < Gk plateîa broad street. See place
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shopping plaza

 
–noun
a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
Also called plaza.

Origin:
1955–60
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pla·za   (plä'zə, plāz'ə)   
n.  

  1. A public square or similar open area in a town or city.

    1. A widened roadway forming the approach to tollbooths on a highway.

    2. A parking or service area next to a highway.

  3. A shopping center.


[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *plattea, from Latin platea, broad street; see place.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

plaza 
1683, from Sp. plaza "square, place," from V.L. *plattia, from L. platea "courtyard, broad street" (see place (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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