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A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
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A trendy or fashionable resort.
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A health club.
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A hot tub
Examples of spa in a Sentence
You want me to go to the spa with you?
There is a sulphurous spa in the district of Lockwood.
He was soon in the thick of the negotiations with France (1911) which arose over the Agadir incident, and which, owing to the state of KiderlenWachter's health, were partly conducted between him and the French ambassador, Jules Cambon, at the Bavarian spa of Kissingen.
Now that you've decided that the addition of a spa is a wise investment, you need to decide on the style and design of your spa.
The principal chalybeate springs are the Tewitt well, called by Dr Bright, who wrote the first account of it, the "English Spa," discovered by Captain William Slingsby of Bilton Hall near the close of the r6th century; the Royal Chalybeate Spa, more commonly known as John's Well, discovered in 1631 by Dr Stanhope of York; Muspratt's chalybeate or chloride of iron spring discovered in 1819, but first properly analysed by Dr Sheridan Muspratt in 1865; and the Starbeck springs midway between High Harrogate and Knaresborough.
The corporation owns the Stray, and also the Spa concert rooms and grounds, Harlow Moor, Crescent Gardens, Royal Bath gardens and other large open spaces, as well as Royal Baths, Victoria Baths and Starbeck Baths.
Subsequently, however, (1780) he met the king again at Spa and completely won the monarch's favour by his natural amiability, intelligence and brilliant social gifts.
The spa, alleged to be the St Ronan's well of Scott's novel of that name, has a pump-room, baths, &c. The saline waters are useful in minor cases of dyspepsia and liver complaints.
A spa for the use of the Acque della Salute has been constructed.
On the coast to the north is the royal château of Sofiero; to the south, the small spa of Ramlesa.
Raynal escaped to Spa, and thence to Berlin, where he was coolly received by Frederick the Great, in spite of his connexion with the philosophe party.
The flue-dust from the pyrites of Theux, near Spa (Belgium), according to BSttcher, contains o 5 to o 75 per cent.
The first is a watering-place (pop. 2074), with pleasant sands and a chalybeate spa; the second (pop. 3086) has iron foundries, engineering works and fish-curing establishments.
At Shotley Bridge (where there is a small spa) a colony of German metal-workers, making swords and knives, was established in the 17th century; but this industry has now been replaced by paper mills.
It is, however, as a popular summer resort that Ballston Spa is best known.
The village has the Ballston Spa public library, the Saratoga county law library and the Saratoga county court house.
The most important are Spa in Belgium, Schwalbach in Germany, St Moritz and Tarasp in Switzerland.
He visited his sister, the princess of Orange, at Spa, and went to Aix-la-Chapelle, thence finally proceeding in November to Cologne, where he was hospitably received.
He also visited Spa, in Belgium, about 1870, and in October 1887 went for a lecturing tour in the United States.
The Drurys and Donne left Paris for Spa in May 1612, and travelled in the Low Countries and Germany until September, when they returned to London.
Epsom gradually lost its celebrity as a spa, but the annual races held on its downs arrested the decay of the town.
Mineral springs are abundant; the most famous spa is Wildbad, in the Black Forest.
In the neighbourhood of the town are the palace of Philippsruhe, with an extensive park and large orangeries, and the spa of Wilhelmsbad.
The spa is largely frequented in summer and has agreeable public rooms and gardens.
These springs, of which there are two, occur near the shore of the South Bay, and a handsome Spa House in pleasant gardens contains them.
The principal buildings of entertainment are the aquarium (also used as a concert hall); the museum, a rotunda in Doric style, containing excellent antiquarian and natural history collections; two theatres, and the assembly rooms attaching to the Spa House.
At Woodhall Spa on the Horncastle branch railway there is a much-frequented bromine and iodine spring.
Queen Marie Henriette died at Spa on the 19th of September of the same year.
But the Reichstag in Berlin had passed a law for disarmament of this force, and the Government of the Reich insisted that Bavaria, like the rest of Germany, should comply in this respect with the Treaty of Versailles, the Spa decisions and the reiterated demands of the Allied Powers.
It possesses a spa which was once considerably frequented, but is famous as a centre for the salmon fishing on the lower Shannon.
The Lasko spa complex is located in the very heart of Slovenia, an area noted for its flowers & its beer.
The solace in Montana is the spa sky.
There was no time to try out any spa treatments, inhale at the oxygen bar or head for the 10-pin bowling alley.
The Spa Village has six treatment rooms, four tea bathrooms, two outdoor cabanas and a fully equipped gym.
I live in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire with my husband, Terry, and my small ginger cat, Poppy.
During the last century Admaston was a commercial spa with several chalybeate springs and which of these was the holy well is uncertain.
Leamington Spa operates in an increasingly competitive market place.
The Parker's " Yacht Club " spa could not be better for regaining some composure.
Luxury accommodation in a converted 17th-century convent includes 79 rooms, with nine junior and nine loft suites, a swimming pool and spa.
The original calibration and corroboration of the SPA model was against long-term eddy covariance data from the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts.
In the North Pennines the SPA designation suggests there are nearly 4,000 pairs of breeding curlew.
Massage into the palm of dry hands or sweep over feet, push back cuticles, rinse under water for instant spa luxury.
It is on one of Leeds oldest streets which has a fantastic delicatessen, restaurants, bars, spa and clubs.
Originally more famous as a summer health spa, Brides is a quite delightful place to stay.
The Spa Valley hopes the 33 will enhance interest in their greatly expanded 2004 diesel diagrams.
Splash around in the indoor pool where you can relax in the spa bath or have fun on the water flume.
Several rooms feature four-poster or brass beds along with luxury spa baths.
Quality control At our manufacturing facility near Sacramento, California, skilled craftspeople build our spa gazebos to exacting specifications.
Bob Matthews Hon MA Paralympic gold medal winning blind runner Bob Matthews lives in Leamington Spa.
The hotel also has a health spa containing gymnasium, swimming pool and sauna.