plaza

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pla·za | \ ˈplä-zə

, ˈpla-

Definition of plaza

1a : a public square in a city or town

b : an open area usually located near urban buildings and often featuring walkways, trees and shrubs, places to sit, and sometimes shops

2 : a place on a thoroughfare (such as a turnpike) at which all traffic must temporarily stop (as to pay tolls)

3 : an area adjacent to an expressway which has service facilities (such as a restaurant, gas station, and restrooms)

4 : shopping center

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Examples of plaza in a Sentence

They put his statue in the town's plaza.

Recent Examples on the Web Despite thunderstorms in the forecast for Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks are still planning to hold a watch party at the Deer District plaza for Game 3 after canceling the Game 2 watch party. — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022 State Police located the driver at a shopping plaza in Bourne, and he was taken into custody, the statement said. — Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2022 Several people were injured Friday evening in a 20-vehicle crash on State Road 408 West, shutting down the express lanes/epass lanes at the nearby toll plaza, according to the Orlando Police Department. — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022 Palestinians were largely allowed to gather freely at the plaza, outside Damascus Gate, a major entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Reducing the number of lanes at the Bay Bridge toll plaza will take at least a year to figure out, Gerbracht said, and planners are just getting started. — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2022 Wednesday morning, a busload of Ukrainians arrived at El Chaparral plaza on the south side of the crossing. — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022 Night was falling Thursday when sanitation crews had to pause work on clearing a homeless encampment at a Little Tokyo plaza. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022 The Orlando Police Department released body camera footage Thursday that showed the arrest of a 31-year-old man at a Signal Hill shopping plaza last month, who later died in custody. — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

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