plaza
English
    

Etymology
    
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
    
- IPA(key): /ˈplɑːzə/, /ˈplæzə/
- Audio (US) - (file) 
- Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə
Noun
    
plaza (plural plazas)
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Descendants
    
- → Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)
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Basque
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).
Declension
    
| Declension of plaza (inanimate, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | plaza | plaza | plazak | 
| ergative | plazak | plazak | plazek | 
| dative | plazari | plazari | plazei | 
| genitive | plazaren | plazaren | plazen | 
| comitative | plazarekin | plazarekin | plazekin | 
| causative | plazarengatik | plazarengatik | plazengatik | 
| benefactive | plazarentzat | plazarentzat | plazentzat | 
| instrumental | plazaz | plazaz | plazez | 
| inessive | plazatan | plazan | plazetan | 
| locative | plazatako | plazako | plazetako | 
| allative | plazatara | plazara | plazetara | 
| terminative | plazataraino | plazaraino | plazetaraino | 
| directive | plazatarantz | plazarantz | plazetarantz | 
| destinative | plazatarako | plazarako | plazetarako | 
| ablative | plazatatik | plazatik | plazetatik | 
| partitive | plazarik | — | — | 
| prolative | plazatzat | — | — | 
Dalmatian
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), clipping of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈplat͡sa/
Indonesian
    
    Alternative forms
    
Etymology
    
From English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈplaza]
- Hyphenation: pla‧za
Noun
    
plaza (plural plaza-plaza, first-person possessive plazaku, second-person possessive plazamu, third-person possessive plazanya)
- plaza: a town's public square.
- Synonym: alun-alun
 
- strip mall
- Synonyms: mal, pusat perbelanjaan
 
- parking lot.
Further reading
    
- “plaza” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Romansch
    
    Alternative forms
    
- plazza (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
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/ [ˈpla.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈplasa/ [ˈpla.sa]
- Audio (Colombia) - (file) 
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
- (Latin America) 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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See also
    
Further reading
    
- “plaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014