plaza meaning

plaza as a noun

1. a public square with room for pedestrians
   • they met at Elm Plaza
   • Grosvenor Place

   Synonyms: place, piazza

   Type of: public square

2. 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
   • they spent their weekends at the local malls

   Synonyms: mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre

   Type of: mercantile establishment

plaza in a sentence

• The dry leaves formed a carpet in the central plaza.
• There were several hundred people in the plaza.
• I see those women strolling around the plaza every day.
• Parking in this plaza after ten o'clock is prohibited.
• The rioters were forcibly removed from the plaza.

How to pronounce plaza

plaza is pronounced /ˈplɑːzə/ in British English and /ˈplɑzə/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.