Meanings
plaza1
plural plazas
- A town's public square.
Tourists gathered in the central plaza.
2 more examples
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 2009Someone set themself on fire Friday at the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court building, a court spokesperson said.
2022 April 22, Jessica Schneider, “Person sets self on fire at Supreme Court plaza”, in CNN, Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2022 - CanadaUSA strip mall.
- A shopping mall.
The hotel overlooks a busy shopping plaza.
Plaza2
- A surname from Spanish.
- A city and town in North Dakota.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmercantile 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
- Proto-Hellenic*plətús
- Ancient Greekπλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă)
- Latinplatea
- Spanishplaza
- Englishplaza
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.
More words from Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَيْدَان
- مَيْدَان (maydān)a towns' public square
Bulgarian площа́д, пло́щад
- площа́д (ploštád)a towns' public square
- пло́щад (plóštad)a towns' public square
Catalan plaça
- plaçaa towns' public square
Chinese Cantonese 廣場 /广场
- 廣場 /广场 (gwong² coeng⁴)a towns' public square
Chinese Mandarin 廣場 /广场
- 廣場 /广场 (guǎngchǎng)a towns' public square
Czech náměstí
- náměstía towns' public square
Danish torv
- torva towns' public square
Dutch plein
- pleina towns' public square
Esperanto placo
- placoa towns' public square
Estonian väljak, plats
- väljaka towns' public square
- platsa towns' public square
Finnish aukio, tori
- aukioa towns' public square
- toria towns' public square
French place
- placea towns' public square
German Platz
- Platza towns' public square
Hebrew כיכר \ כִּכָּר, רְחָבָה
- כיכר \ כִּכָּר (kikár)a towns' public square
- רְחָבָה (r'ẖavá)a towns' public square
Hindi चौक
- चौक (cauk)a towns' public square
Hungarian tér
- téra towns' public square
Icelandic torg
- torga towns' public square
Indonesian lapangan
- lapangana towns' public square
Italian piazza
- piazzaa towns' public square
Japanese 広場
- 広場 (hiroba)a towns' public square
Korean 광장
- 광장 (gwangjang)a towns' public square
Latin platea
- plateaa towns' public square
Latvian laukums
- laukumsa towns' public square
Lithuanian aikštė
- aikštėa towns' public square
Malay dataran
- datarana towns' public square
Māori marae
- maraea towns' public square
Norwegian Bokmål torg, plass
- torga towns' public square
- plassa towns' public square
Polish plac
- placa towns' public square
Portuguese praça
- praçaa towns' public square
Romanian piață
- piațăa towns' public square
Russian пло́щадь, сквер
- пло́щадь (plóščadʹ)a towns' public square
- сквер (skver)a towns' public square
Slovak námestie
- námestiea towns' public square
Spanish plaza, azogue
- plazaa towns' public square
- azoguea towns' public square
- zócaloa towns' public square
Swedish torg
- torga towns' public square
Tagalog plaza
- plazaa towns' public square
Thai ลาน, พลาซ่า
- ลาน (laan)a towns' public square
- พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa)a towns' public square
- สแควร์ (sà-kwɛɛ)a towns' public square
- จัตุรัส (jàt-dtù-ràt)a towns' public square
Turkish meydan
- meydana towns' public square
Ukrainian пло́ща, майда́н
- пло́ща (plóšča)a towns' public square
- майда́н (majdán)a towns' public square
Urdu مَیدان, چَوک
- مَیدان (maidān)a towns' public square
- چَوک (cauk)a towns' public square
Vietnamese quảng trường
- quảng trườnga towns' public square
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with plaza
All rhymes →Cite this entry
plaza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaza
“plaza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaza. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaza,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaza.
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