Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A public square or similar open area in a town or city.
- noun A widened roadway forming the approach to tollbooths on a highway.
- noun A parking or service area next to a highway.
- noun A shopping center.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A public square or open space surrounded by houses in a Spanish or Spanish-American town or city; a marketplace in such a town: as, the Plaza of San Francisco.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A public square in a city or town.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a town’s public
square . - noun an open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public square with room for pedestrians
- noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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Like most Mexican towns, its main plaza is centered by a bandstand.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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The main plaza is gone, streets are in ruins, huge trees and walls fell in the storms, homes were destroyed, many people died and more are missing, and rebuilding will take months if not years.
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How can you dislike a town whose main plaza is known as Marimba Park where free marimba concerts are held every weekend while locals sit around eating ice cream or drinking beer and enjoying the pleasant cool tropical evenings?
Driving From San Crist�bal de Las Casas to Lake Chapala 2009
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How can you dislike a town whose main plaza is known as Marimba Park where free marimba concerts are held every weekend while locals sit around eating ice cream or drinking beer and enjoying the pleasant cool tropical evenings?
Driving From San Crist�bal de Las Casas to Lake Chapala 2009
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