plaza.

1. An open public space, typically a square within a town or city.

2. A commercial development or service area bearing the name plaza, often with shared access space.

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Words that belong together

• a public plaza
• a sunlit plaza

On the page

Afternoon heat emptied the public plaza except for the vendors beneath the arcade.

The procession crossed the plaza and vanished into the narrower street.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular plaza; plural plazas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.