plaza
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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.
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plaza (plural plazas)
- A town's public square.
- An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
- (Canada, US) A strip mall.
- A shopping mall.
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- → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)
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plaza f (plural places)
- (town) square
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Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).
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- Hyphenation: pla‧za
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plaza inan
- plaza, town square, public place
- market place
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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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plaza m anim
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From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).
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plaza f
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Etymology edit
From English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).
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plaza (plural plaza-plaza, first-person possessive plazaku, second-person possessive plazamu, third-person possessive plazanya)
- plaza: a town's public square.
- Synonym: alun-alun
- strip mall
- Synonyms: mal, pusat perbelanjaan
- parking lot.
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- “plaza” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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Etymology edit
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.
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- 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
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plaza f (plural plazas)
- plaza, town square
- fortified town
- (employment) position
- (entertainment) bullring
- (commerce) mall, shopping center
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- “plaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014