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Plaza vs Playa - What's the difference?

plaza | playa |

As nouns the difference between plaza and playa

is that plaza is a town’s public square while playa is a level spot temporarily covered with water which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation; an alkali flat or salt pan.

plaza

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a town’s public square.
  • an open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

    • Synonyms

    * square

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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    playa

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia playa) (en noun)
  • (geology, US) a level spot temporarily covered with water which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation; an alkali flat or salt pan.

    • Etymology 2

    From a non-rhotic pronunciation of player

    Noun

    (wikipedia playa) (en noun)
  • (AAVE, slang) dude
  • (AAVE, slang) player
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