plaza

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• Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplæzə/
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• General-American: /ˈplɑːzə/
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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, and place.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shesh — a towns' public square
• Arabic: مَيْدَان (maydān) — a towns' public square
• Arabic: ساحة (sāḥa) — a towns' public square
• Arabic: ميدان (mēdān) — a towns' public square
• Aramaic: שוקא (šūqā’) — a towns' public square
• Aramaic: ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’) — a towns' public square
• Armenian: հրապարակ (hraparak) — a towns' public square
• Old Armenian: շուկայ (šukay) — a towns' public square
• Azerbaijani: meydan — a towns' public square
• Bashkir: майҙан (mayźan) — a towns' public square
• Belarusian: пло́шча (plóšča) — a towns' public square
• Belarusian: майда́н (majdán) — a towns' public square
• Belarusian: пляц (pljac) — a towns' public square
• Bulgarian: площа́д (ploštád) — a towns' public square
• Bulgarian: пло́щад (plóštad) — a towns' public square
• Burmese: ရင်ပြင် (rangprang) — a towns' public square
• Catalan: plaça — a towns' public square
• Chinese Cantonese: 廣場 /广场 (gwong2 coeng4) — a towns' public square
• Eastern Min Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (guōng-diòng) — a towns' public square
• Hakka Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (kóng-chhòng) — a towns' public square
• Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (kóng-tiûn / kóng-tiôn) — a towns' public square
• Chinese Mandarin: 廣場 /广场 (guǎngchǎng) — a towns' public square
• Wu Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (5kuaon-zan) — a towns' public square
• Czech: náměstí — a towns' public square
• Danish: torv — a towns' public square
• Dutch: plein — a towns' public square
• Esperanto: placo — a towns' public square
• Estonian: väljak — a towns' public square
• Estonian: plats — a towns' public square
• Finnish: aukio — a towns' public square
• Finnish: tori — a towns' public square
• French: place — a towns' public square
• Galician: praza — a towns' public square
• Georgian: მოედანი (moedani) — a towns' public square
• German: Platz — a towns' public square
• Hebrew: כיכר \ כִּכָּר (kikár) — a towns' public square
• Hebrew: רְחָבָה (r'ẖavá) — a towns' public square
• Hindi: चौक (cauk) — a towns' public square
• Hungarian: tér — a towns' public square
• Icelandic: torg — a towns' public square
• Ido: placo — a towns' public square
• Indonesian: lapangan — a towns' public square
• Italian: piazza — a towns' public square
• Japanese: 広場 (hiroba) — a towns' public square
• Kazakh: алаң (alañ) — a towns' public square
• Khmer: ផ្លាហ្សា (phlaazaa) — a towns' public square
• Khmer: ទីលាន (tii liən) — a towns' public square
• Khmer: ប្រាង្គណ៍ (praang) — a towns' public square
• Korean: 광장 (gwangjang) — a towns' public square
• Kyrgyz: аянт (ayant) — a towns' public square
• Kyrgyz: майдан (maydan) — a towns' public square
• Lao: ລານ (lān) — a towns' public square
• Latin: platea — a towns' public square
• Latvian: laukums — a towns' public square
• Lithuanian: aikštė — a towns' public square
• Macedonian: плоштад (ploštad) — a towns' public square
• Macedonian: пјаца (pjaca) — a towns' public square
• Malay: dataran — a towns' public square
• Māori: marae — a towns' public square
• Mongolian: талбай (talbaj) — a towns' public square
• Norwegian Bokmål: torg — a towns' public square
• Norwegian Bokmål: plass — a towns' public square
• Norwegian Nynorsk: torg — a towns' public square
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plass — a towns' public square
• Occitan: plaça — a towns' public square
• Pashto: ميدان (maydān) — a towns' public square
• Dari: مَیْدَان (maydān) — a towns' public square
• Iranian Persian: مِیْدان (meydân) — a towns' public square
• Polish: plac — a towns' public square
• Portuguese: praça — a towns' public square
• Romanian: piață — a towns' public square
• Russian: пло́щадь (plóščadʹ) — a towns' public square
• Russian: сквер (skver) — a towns' public square
• Serbo-Croatian: тр̏г — a towns' public square
• Serbo-Croatian: tȑg — a towns' public square
• Slovak: námestie — a towns' public square
• Slovene: trg — a towns' public square
• Spanish: plaza — a towns' public square
• Spanish: azogue — a towns' public square
• Spanish: zócalo — a towns' public square
• Swedish: torg — a towns' public square
• Tagalog: plaza — a towns' public square
• Tajik: майдон (maydon) — a towns' public square
• Tatar: мәйдан (mäydan) — a towns' public square
• Tetum: prasa — a towns' public square
• Thai: ลาน (laan) — a towns' public square
• Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa) — a towns' public square
• Thai: สแควร์ (sà-kwɛɛ) — a towns' public square
• Thai: จัตุรัส (jàt-dtù-ràt) — a towns' public square
• Turkish: meydan — a towns' public square
• Ottoman Turkish: میدان (meydan) — a towns' public square
• Turkmen: meýdan — a towns' public square
• Ukrainian: пло́ща (plóšča) — a towns' public square
• Ukrainian: майда́н (majdán) — a towns' public square
• Urdu: مَیدان (maidān) — a towns' public square
• Urdu: چَوک (cauk) — a towns' public square
• Uyghur: مەيدان (meydan) — a towns' public square
• Uzbek: maydon — a towns' public square
• Vietnamese: quảng trường — a towns' public square
• Zhuang: guengjciengz — a towns' public square