plaza

See also: Plaza, plaża, plaža, and płaza

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EnglishEdit

The Plaza de España.

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑːzə/, /ˈplæzə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə

NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• square

Coordinate termsEdit

• concourse

HyponymsEdit

• circus

TranslationsEdit

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)

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

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

• Czech: náměstí (cs) n
• Danish: torv (da) n
• Dutch: plein (nl) n
• Esperanto: placo
• Estonian: väljak, plats (et)
• French: place (fr) f
• Georgian: მოედანი (moedani)
• German: Platz (de) m
• Hebrew: כיכר \ כִּכָּר‏‎ (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)
• Korean: 광장 (ko) (gwangjang) (廣場 (ko))

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• 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

AnagramsEdit

• La Paz

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BasqueEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

plaza

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

DeclensionEdit

plaza (inanimate noun) declension 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 - -

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DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡sa/

NounEdit

plaza f

1. street

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RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Latin platēa.

NounEdit

plaza f (plural plazas)

1. (Sutsilvan) place, position
2. (Sutsilvan) job, employment

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (archaic) IPA^(key): [ˈpla̠.dsa̠], [ˈpla̠.tsa̠]
• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [ˈpla̠.θa̠]
• (Others) IPA^(key): [ˈpla̠.sa̠]

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

plaza f (plural plazas)

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

Related termsEdit

• plazo

Derived termsEdit

• aplazar
• plazoleta
• plazuela

See alsoEdit

• zócalo

AnagramsEdit

• La Paz