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playa

pla·ya [ plyə ] (plural pla·yas)


noun 
Definition:
 
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

[Mid-19th century. Via Spanish, "beach" < late Latin plagia "plain, shore"]
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