noun
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A town's public square.
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An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.
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A strip mall.
Examples of plazas in a Sentence
The city is well built, with straight and well-paved streets, numerous plazas, public gardens and shady promenades.
In the Cathedral Square (Plaza de Armas), embracing two citysquares, and shaded - like all the plazas of the island - with laurels and royal palms, are a statue of Isabel the Catholic, and two marble lions given by Queen Isabel II.; elsewhere there are statues of General Clouet and Marshal Serrano, once captaingeneral.
The city has 21 parks and plazas.
The most notable of the plazas are Military, Main and Alamo.
A number of handsomely-laid-out plazas, or squares, ornamented with gardens and statuary, have been preserved; on these face the principal public buildings and churches.
It resembles the Casa Grande ruin of Chihuahua, Mexico, with its walls of sundried puddled clay, and its area of rooms, courts and plazas, surrounded by a wall.
The site includes 7 plazas, 2 ball courts, 6 plain Stela and 1 alter, as well as temple pyramids.
Today, it lays claim to a one-of-a-kind energy that infuses its world-renowned artwork, bustling public plazas, colorful cuisine and endless nightlife.
Microwave technology can now toll motorways at high speed, without the need for toll plazas.
The city is laid out in regular squares, with shady streets and plazas.
The upper storey often recedes, leaving wide corridors under the overhanging eaves, and in the " plazas " there are frequently covered arcades.