different between plaza vs playa

English

Etymology

From Spanish plaza (“town-square or central place of gathering”), from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa), clipping of ??????? ???? (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl??z?/, /?plæz?/
• Rhymes: -??z?, -æz?

Noun

plaza (plural plazas)

1. A town's public square.
2. An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
3. (Canada, US) A strip mall.

Synonyms

• square

Hyponyms

• circus

Coordinate terms

• concourse

Descendants

• ? Thai: ?????? (plaa-sâa)

Translations

Anagrams

• La Paz

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa), shortening of ??????? ???? (plateîa hodós, literally “broad way”).

Noun

plaza inan

1. plaza, town square, public place
2. market place

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?plaza]

Noun

plaza m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of plaz

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa), clipping of ??????? ???? (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plat?sa/

Noun

plaza f

1. street

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• plasa

Etymology

From English plaza, from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?plaza]
• Hyphenation: pla?za

Noun

plaza (plural plaza-plaza, first-person possessive plazaku, second-person possessive plazamu, third-person possessive plazanya)

1. plaza: a town's public square.

   Synonym: alun-alun

2. strip mall.
3. parking lot.

Further reading

• “plaza” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• plazza (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin plat?a.

Noun

plaza f (plural plazas) (Sutsilvan)

1. place, position
2. job, employment

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned term taken from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa), clipping of ??????? ???? (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Doublet of platea. Compare Portuguese praça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?pla?a/, [?pla.?a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?plasa/, [?pla.sa]
• Rhymes: -a?a

Noun

plaza f (plural plazas)

1. plaza, town square
2. fortified town
3. (employment) position
4. (entertainment) bullring
5. (commerce) mall, shopping center

Derived terms

Related terms

• plazo

Descendants

• ? Basque: plaza
• ? English: plaza
  • ? Thai: ?????? (plaa-sâa)

See also

• zócalo

Anagrams

• La Paz

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish playa (“beach”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pla??/

Noun

playa (plural playas)

1. (geology, US) A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.

Hyponyms

• salt flat, salt pan, alkali flat

Derived terms

• playa lake

Etymology 2

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of player

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ple??/

Noun

playa (plural playas)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A dude (an informal term of address or general term to describe a person, typically male).
2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A player (someone who plays the field, or has prowess in gaining romantic and sexual relationships).

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

playa f (plural playas)

1. beach

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “playa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Asturian

Noun

playa f (plural playes)

1. beach

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish playa.

Noun

playa

1. beach
2. "the town" (in Aruba)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga. Compare Portuguese praia, French plage, Italian spiaggia.

Pronunciation

Noun

playa f (plural playas)

1. beach
2. car park

Derived terms

Adjective

playa

1. feminine singular of playo

References

• “playa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.