Plaza — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a public square with room for pedestrians

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈɑːzə/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈɑːzə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈɑːzə/

2 syllables Say it as /plˈɑːzə/.

Examples

they met at Elm Plaza
Grosvenor Place
a good plaza should have a movie house

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mall shopping mall shopping center piazza place center shopping centre

Parts of Speech

noun	a public square with room for pedestrians “they met at Elm Plaza”
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 “a good plaza should have a movie house”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Platz

ein öffentlicher Platz mit Platz für Fußgänger

🇫🇷French

place

une place publique avec de la place pour les piétons

🇳🇱Dutch

plein

een openbaar plein met ruimte voor voetgangers

🇵🇹Portuguese

praça

uma praça pública com espaço para pedestres

🇷🇺Russian

площадь

общественная площадь с местом для пешеходов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चौक

पैदल यात्रियों के लिए जगह वाला एक सार्वजनिक चौराहा

🇧🇩Bengali

প্লাজা

পথচারীদের জন্য রুম সহ একটি পাবলিক স্কোয়ার

🇮🇳Tamil

பிளாசா

பாதசாரிகளுக்கான அறையுடன் கூடிய பொது சதுக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్లాజా

పాదచారులకు గది ఉన్న పబ్లిక్ స్క్వేర్

🇮🇳Marathi

प्लाझा

पादचाऱ्यांसाठी जागा असलेला सार्वजनिक चौक

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્લાઝા

પદયાત્રીઓ માટે જગ્યા ધરાવતો જાહેર ચોરસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ಲಾಜಾ

ಪಾದಚಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾವಕಾಶವಿರುವ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಚೌಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്ലാസ

കാൽനടയാത്രക്കാർക്കുള്ള ഇടമുള്ള ഒരു പൊതു ചതുരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਲਾਜ਼ਾ

ਪੈਦਲ ਚੱਲਣ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਕਮਰੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਜਨਤਕ ਵਰਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

پلازہ

ایک عوامی چوک جس میں پیدل چلنے والوں کے لیے کمرے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

广场

有行人空间的公共广场

🇯🇵Japanese

プラザ

歩行者用のスペースのある公共広場

🇰🇷Korean

큰 광장

보행자를 위한 공간이 있는 공공 광장

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quảng trường

một quảng trường công cộng có chỗ cho người đi bộ

🇹🇭Thai

พลาซ่า

จัตุรัสสาธารณะที่มีห้องสำหรับคนเดินเท้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

alun-alun

lapangan umum dengan ruang untuk pejalan kaki

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ساحة

ساحة عامة مع غرفة للمشاة

🇮🇷Persian

میدان

یک میدان عمومی با اتاقی برای عابران پیاده

🇮🇱Hebrew

פְּלַזָה

כיכר ציבורית עם מקום להולכי רגל

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The primary meaning of 'plaza' is 'a public square with room for pedestrians'.

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