PLAZA Definition & Meaning

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plaza

[ plah-zuh, plaz-uh ]

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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 /

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of plaza¹

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of plaza¹

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

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Around 3 p.m., the police department received another round of calls about a similar disturbance at the pier plaza.

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Videos shared to social media showed helicopters hovering overhead and yellow police tape blocking off the intersection and portions of the mall’s first-floor plaza.

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As the motorcade was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire rang out in the plaza.

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Architects at Foster and Partners, who will design the project, said the new stadium would feature an umbrella design and a new public plaza that is "twice the size of Trafalgar Square".

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Architects at Foster and Partners, who will design the project, said the stadium would feature an umbrella design and a new public plaza that is "twice the size of Trafalgar Square".

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