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| pla·ya [ plyə ] (plural pla·yas) |
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bed of inland desert drainage basin: the lower part of an inland desert drainage basin that is periodically filled with alkaline and briny salts washed down by rainwater from surrounding highlands
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| [Mid-19th century. Via Spanish, "beach" < late Latin plagia "plain, shore"] |
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