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/

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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 (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)
• 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)

• 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 inan

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

Declension

Declension of plaza (inanimate) 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 - style="text-align:center" -

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplaza]

Noun

plaza m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of plaz

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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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Indonesian

Alternative forms

• plasa

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.
3. parking lot.

Further reading

• “plaza” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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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”). Doublet of platea. Compare Portuguese praça.

Pronunciation

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

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
• biplaza
• 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