plaza

See also: Plaza, plaża, plażą, plaža, and płaza

English

The Plaza de España.

Etymology

From Spanish plaza (“town-square or central place of gathering”), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of place and piazza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑːzə/, /ˈplæzə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə

Noun

plaza (plural plazas)

1. A town's public square.
2. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
3. (Canada, US) A strip mall.

Synonyms

• square

Hyponyms

• circus

Coordinate terms

• concourse

Descendants

• → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

Translations

a towns' public square

• Arabic: مَيْدَان (ar) m (maydān)
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: שוקא m (šūqā’)

  Syriac: ܫܘܩܐ m (šūqā’)

• Armenian: հրապարակ (hy) (hraparak)

  Old Armenian: շուկայ (šukay)

• Azerbaijani: meydan (az)
• Bashkir: майҙан (mayźan)
• Belarusian: пло́шча f (plóšča)
• Bulgarian: пло́щад (bg) m (plóštad)
• Burmese: ရင်ပြင် (my) (rangprang)
• Catalan: plaça (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣場／广场 (zh) (guǎngchǎng), 广场 (zh) (guǎngchǎng)

• Czech: náměstí (cs) n
• Danish: torv (da) n
• Dutch: plein (nl) n
• Esperanto: placo
• Estonian: väljak, plats (et)
• Finnish: aukio (fi), tori (fi)
• French: place (fr) f
• Galician: praza f
• Georgian: მოედანი (moedani)
• German: Platz (de) m
• Hebrew: כיכר \ כִּכָּר (he) (kikár)
• Hungarian: tér (hu)
• Icelandic: torg (is) n
• Ido: placo (io)
• Indonesian: lapangan (id)
• Italian: piazza (it)
• Japanese: 広場 (ja) (ひろば, hiroba)
• Khmer: ផ្លាហ្សា (plaazaa), ទីលាន (tii lien), ប្រាង្គណ៍ (km) (praaŋ)
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• Korean: 광장 (ko) (gwangjang) (廣場 (ko))
• Lao: ລານ (lān)
• Latin: platea
• Latvian: skvērs m
• Lithuanian: aikštė (lt) f
• Macedonian: пло́штад m (plóštad)
• Malay: dataran
• Maori: marae
• Mongolian: талбай (mn) (talbaj)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: torg (no) n, plass (no) m

  Nynorsk: torg n, plass m

• Occitan: plaça (oc)
• Persian: میدان (fa) (meydân)
• Polish: plac (pl) m
• Portuguese: praça (pt) f
• Romanian: piață (ro) f
• Russian: пло́щадь (ru) f (plóščadʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трг m

  Roman: trg (sh) m

• Slovak: námestie (sk) n
• Slovene: trg (sl) m
• Spanish: plaza (es) f
• Swedish: torg (sv) n
• Tatar: мәйдан (tt) (mäydan)
• Tetum: prasa
• Thai: ลาน (laan), พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)
• Turkish: meydan (tr)
• Ukrainian: пло́ща f (plóšča), майда́н (uk) m (majdán)
• Vietnamese: quảng trường (vi) (廣場)
• Zhuang: guengjciengz

Anagrams

• La Paz

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).

Noun

plaza ?

1. plaza, town square, public place
2. market place

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡sa/

Noun

plaza f

1. street

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• plazza (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin platēa.

Noun

plaza f (plural plazas) (Sutsilvan)

1. place, position
2. job, employment

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned term taken from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Compare Portuguese praça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈplaθa/ [ˈpla.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈplasa/ [ˈpla.sa]

Noun

plaza f (plural plazas)

1. plaza, town square
2. fortified town
3. (employment) position
4. (entertainment) bullring
5. (commerce) mall, shopping center

Derived terms

• aplazar
• plaza de armas
• plaza de toros
• plazoleta
• plazuela

 

Related terms

• plazo

Descendants

• → Basque: plaza
• → English: plaza
  • → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

See also

• zócalo

Anagrams

• La Paz