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English
The Plaza de España.
Etymology
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 .
Pronunciation
Noun
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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Translations
a towns' public square
Albanian: shesh (sq) m
Arabic: مَيْدَان (ar) m ( maydān )
Hijazi Arabic: ساحة f ( sāḥa ) , ميدان m ( mēdān )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: שוקא m ( šūqā’ )
Syriac: ܫܘܩܐ m ( šūqā’ )
Armenian: հրապարակ (hy) ( hraparak )
Old Armenian: շուկայ ( šukay )
Azerbaijani: meydan (az)
Bashkir: майҙан ( mayźan )
Belarusian: пло́шча f ( plóšča ) , майда́н m ( majdán ) , пляц m ( pljac )
Bulgarian: площа́д (bg) m ( ploštád ) , пло́щад (bg) f ( plóštad ) ( archaic stress and gender )
Burmese: ရင်ပြင် (my) ( rangprang )
Catalan: plaça (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 廣場 / 广场 ( gwong2 coeng4 )
Eastern Min: 廣場 / 广场 ( guōng-diòng )
Hakka: 廣場 / 广场 ( kóng-chhòng )
Hokkien: 廣場 / 广场 ( kóng-tiûⁿ / kóng-tiôⁿ )
Mandarin: 廣場 / 广场 (zh) ( guǎngchǎng )
Wu: 廣場 / 广场 ( 5 kuaon-zan)
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 (gl) f
Georgian: მოედანი ( moedani )
German: Platz (de) m
Hebrew: כיכר \ כִּכָּר (he) f ( kikár ) , רְחָבָה (he) f ( r'ẖavá )
Hindi: चौक (hi) m ( cauk ) , वर्ग (hi) m ( varg )
Hungarian: tér (hu)
Icelandic: torg (is) n
Ido: placo (io)
Indonesian: lapangan (id)
Italian: piazza (it) f
Japanese: 広場 (ja) ( ひろば, hiroba )
Kazakh: алаң ( alañ )
Khmer: ផ្លាហ្សា ( phlaazaa ) , ទីលាន ( tii liən ) , ប្រាង្គណ៍ (km) ( praang )
Korean: 광장(廣場) (ko) ( gwangjang )
Kyrgyz: аянт (ky) ( ayant ) , майдан ( maydan )
Lao: ລານ ( lān )
Latin: platea
Latvian: laukums m
Lithuanian: aikštė (lt) f
Macedonian: плоштад m ( ploštad ) , пјаца f ( pjaca )
Malay: dataran (ms)
Maori: marae
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: талбай (mn) ( talbaj )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: torg (no) n , plass (no) m
Nynorsk: torg n , plass m
Occitan: plaça (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: میدان ( meydan )
Pashto: ميدان m ( maydān )
Persian:
Dari: مَیْدَان ( maydān )
Iranian Persian: مِیْدان ( meydân )
Polish: plac (pl) m
Portuguese: praça (pt) f
Romanian: piață (ro) f
Russian: пло́щадь (ru) f ( plóščadʹ ) , сквер (ru) m ( skver )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тр̏г m
Roman: tȑg (sh) m
Slovak: námestie (sk) n
Slovene: trg (sl) m
Spanish: plaza (es) f , azogue (es) m , zócalo (es) m
Swedish: torg (sv) n
Tajik: майдон (tg) ( maydon )
Tatar: мәйдан (tt) ( mäydan )
Tetum: prasa
Thai: ลาน (th) ( laan ) , พลาซ่า ( plaa-sâa ) , สแควร์ ( sà-kwɛɛ ) , จัตุรัส (th) ( jàt-dtù-ràt )
Turkish: meydan (tr)
Turkmen: meýdan (tk)
Ukrainian: пло́ща (uk) f ( plóšča ) , майда́н (uk) m ( majdán )
Urdu: مَیدان ( maidān ) , چَوک m ( cauk )
Uyghur: مەيدان ( meydan )
Uzbek: maydon (uz)
Vietnamese: quảng trường (vi) (廣場 )
Zhuang: guengjciengz
Anagrams
Asturian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈplaθa/ ,
Rhymes: -aθa
Hyphenation: pla‧za
Noun
plaza f (plural places )
(town) square
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish plaza , from Latin platea , from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ( plateîa ) , shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός ( plateîa hodós , literally “ broad way ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( most dialects ) /plas̻a/
IPA (key ) : ( Biscayan ) /plas̺a/
Noun
plaza inan
plaza, town square , public place
market place
Declension
Declension of plaza (inanimate, ending in -a )
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
plaza m anim
genitive / accusative singular of plaz
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin platea , from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ( plateîa ) , clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός ( plateîa hodós , “ broad way ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
plaza f
street
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English plaza , from Spanish plaza , from Latin platea , from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ( plateîa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
plaza (plural plaza-plaza )
plaza : a town's public square.
Synonym: alun-alun
strip mall
Synonyms: mal , pusat perbelanjaan
parking lot
Synonym: parkiran
Further reading
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin platēa .
Noun
plaza f (plural plazas ) ( Sutsilvan )
place , position
job , employment
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/
IPA (key ) : ( Latin America, Philippines ) /ˈplasa/
Rhymes: -aθa
Rhymes: -asa
Syllabification: pla‧za
Noun
plaza f (plural plazas )
plaza, town square
fortified town
( employment ) position
( entertainment ) bullring
( commerce ) mall , shopping center
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