plaza

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A town's public square.

   Tourists gathered in the central plaza.

2. 2
   noun

   A shopping mall.

   The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.

3. 3
   noun

   mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers

4. 4
   noun

   a public square with room for pedestrians

Borrowed 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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