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plaza

pla·za [ plzə, plázzə ] (plural pla·zas)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. widened area in highway: a part of a highway that has been widened as a multilane approach to a set of tollbooths

2. parking area: a parking lot adjacent to a highway

3. shopping center: a mall or shopping center

4. Hispanic town square: an open square or marketplace in a Spanish-speaking country or somewhere influenced by Hispanic culture

[Late 17th century. Via Spanish< Latin platea "broad way" (see place)]
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