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 piatza, piazza, and place.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈplɑːzə/, /ˈplæzə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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.
  4. A shopping mall.

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Descendants
  • → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

Translations

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Asturian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈplaθa/, [ˈpla.θa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aθa
  • Hyphenation: pla‧za

Noun

plaza f (plural places)

  1. (town) square

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /plas̻a/ [pla.s̻a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /plas̺a/ [pla.s̺a]

 
  • (most dialects) Rhymes: -as̻a
  • (Biscayan) Rhymes: -as̺a

  • Hyphenation: pla‧za

Noun

plaza inan

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

Declension
Declension of plaza (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive plaza plaza plazak
ergative plazak plazak plazek
dative plazari plazari plazei
genitive plazaren plazaren plazen
comitative plazarekin plazarekin plazekin
causative plazarengatik plazarengatik plazengatik
benefactive plazarentzat plazarentzat plazentzat
instrumental plazaz plazaz plazez
inessive plazatan plazan plazetan
locative plazatako plazako plazetako
allative plazatara plazara plazetara
terminative plazataraino plazaraino plazetaraino
directive plazatarantz plazarantz plazetarantz
destinative plazatarako plazarako plazetarako
ablative plazatatik plazatik plazetatik
partitive plazarik — —
prolative plazatzat — —

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈplaza]

Noun

plaza m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of plaz

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈplaza]
  • Hyphenation: pla‧za

Noun

plaza (plural plaza-plaza, first-person possessive plazaku, second-person possessive plazamu, third-person possessive plazanya)

  1. plaza: a town's public square.
    Synonym: alun-alun
  2. strip mall
    Synonyms: mal, pusat perbelanjaan
  3. parking lot.

Further reading

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin platēa.

Noun

plaza f (plural plazas) (Sutsilvan)

  1. place, position
  2. job, employment

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈplaθa/ [ˈpla.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈplasa/ [ˈpla.sa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: pla‧za

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

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