plaza

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑːzə/, /ˈplæzə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə
• Hyphenation: pla‧za

plaza (plural plazas)

1. A town's public square.

   Tourists gathered in the central plaza.

2. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
3. (Canada, US) A strip mall.
4. A shopping mall.

   The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.

• square

• circus

• concourse

• → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

• La Paz

• praza (A Estierna, Tox, Eo, Mántaras)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈplaθa/ [ˈpla.θa]

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• Rhymes: -aθa
• Syllabification: pla‧za

plaza f (plural places)

1. (town) square

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “plaza”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “plaza”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).

• Hyphenation: pla‧za

plaza inan

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈplaza]

plaza m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of plaz

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡sa/

plaza f

1. street

• plasa

Borrowed from English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈplaza/ [ˈpla.za]
• Rhymes: -aza
• Syllabification: pla‧za

plaza (plural plaza-plaza)

1. plaza: a town's public square

   Synonym: alun-alun

2. strip mall

   Synonyms: mal, pusat perbelanjaan

3. parking lot

   Synonym: parkiran

• “plaza”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• plazza (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

From Latin platēa.

plaza f (plural plazas) (Sutsilvan)

1. place, position
2. job, employment

Inherited term from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of platea. Compare Portuguese praça and French place.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaθa/ [ˈpla.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈplasa/ [ˈpla.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pla‧za

plaza f (plural plazas)

1. plaza, town square
2. fortified town
3. (employment) position
4. (entertainment) bullring
5. (commerce) mall, shopping center

• → Basque: plaza
• → Central Bikol: plasa
• → English: plaza
  • → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)

• zócalo

• “plaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• La Paz