plaza

noun

pla·za ˈplä-zə

ˈpla-

Synonyms of plaza next

: a public square in a city or town

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

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

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

: shopping center

Example Sentences

They put his statue in the town's plaza.

Recent Examples on the Web Tokyo Foods and Uncle Yip's are next-door to each other in the same plaza. —

Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2023 In the plaza, protesters gathered to confront soldiers protecting the buildings. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023 In a plaza outside the National Congress building, video posted to social media showed a crowd of protesters striking a police officer on horseback, pulling him off his horse. —

Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023 Other groups of protesters splintered off and broke into the presidential offices and the Supreme Court, which are in the same plaza. —

André Spigariol, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023 Aztec dancers practiced in the plaza throughout the years as most of the busts looked on. —

Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023 On a wintry evening in late November, protesters gather in the plaza outside the Uckermark Theater to demonstrate against government plans to cut off the supply of Russian oil to the PCK refinery, located just a mile up the road. —

Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2022 Opening Mass in the plaza, weather permitting (in English and Spanish). —

Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022 The free, family-friendly event features an 18-foot Christmas tree in the plaza that provides a backdrop for taking photos. —

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