noun
plaza
PLA-zuh
noun
1
An open public square in a town or city.
"Tourists gathered in the plaza to watch the street performers."
2
A shopping centre or strip mall.
"There's a pharmacy and a diner at the plaza on Main Street."
How to Use Plaza
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn open square, or in American English, a small shopping centre.
Word Forms
plazas plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish plaza ("town square"), from Latin platea, ultimately from Greek plateia ("broad street"). A doublet of piazza and place.