plaza
Syllables: pla·zaUK/ˈplæzə//ˈplɑːzə/
plaza noun: a town's public square.
Noun
plaza (plural plazas)
- A town's public square.
- Tourists gathered in the central plaza.
- It's one of only three street plazas in the country, a new generation of parks for streetstyle skateboarding.2009 October 2, Patty Winsa, “Ontario's largest skateboard park set to open”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2009
- An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
- A strip mall.
- A shopping mall.
- The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.
Proper noun capitalized: Plaza
Plaza
- A surname from Spanish.
- A city and town in North Dakota.
plaza meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plaza in Hindi
- a towns' public square
- चौक cauk
plaza in Tamil
- அங்காடி, கடைத்தொகுதி, சாவடி, முன்றில், திறவெளி
plaza in Marathi
- plaza, square; chowk
- चौक ċauk
plaza in Urdu
- a towns' public square
- مَیدان maidān, چَوک cauk
More languagesFewer languages
- plaza in Bengali
- চক, বাজার, নগরচত্বর
- plaza in Gujarati
- ચોક cŏk
- plaza in Pashto
- ميدان maydān
- plaza in Tagalog
- plaza
- plaza in Arabic
- مَيْدَان maydān
- plaza in Malay
- dataran
- plaza in Indonesian
- lapangan
- plaza in Thai
- ลาน laan, พลาซ่า plaa-sâa, สแควร์ sà-kwɛɛ, จัตุรัส jàt-dtù-ràt
- plaza in Vietnamese
- quảng trường
- plaza in Myanmar
- ရင်ပြင် rangprang
Examples of plaza in a sentence
- There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
- Its edifices are oriented on a north–south axis, forming avenuelike areas and plazas.
- A wildly overscale concrete canopy juts over the main entry plaza.
Synonyms of plaza
Forms of plaza
| plural | plazas |
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Origin of 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, place, and platz.
Words formed from plaza
Phrases with plaza
Words that rhyme with plaza
Questions about plaza
- What does plaza mean?
- Plaza means a town's public square.
- What is plaza in Hindi?
- Plaza in Hindi is चौक (cauk). See Plaza meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plaza?
- Plaza can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce plaza?
- Plaza is pronounced /ˈplæzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plaza?
- The plural of plaza is plazas.
Words near plaza in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plaza (page history and authors); Plaza (page history and authors); plaza (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चौक (Marathi) (page history and authors); plaza (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચોક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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