praça

Sentences
Meaning

plaza (a public square or open area in front of a building or a place)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɾa.sɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça, plaça, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetan piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place and Spanish plaza. Doublet of plateia.

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