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plaza

[plah-zuh, plaz-uh] / ˈplɑ zə, ˈplæz ə /
NOUN
central location, spot
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“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The justices don’t care what you’re doing out there on the plaza; they are just brains in a vat.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

“I always refer to our plaza as the living room for Los Angeles,” Govan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

"My brother called our parents from inside the plaza asking them to save him. He also called his friends and appealed to them, but no one could save him," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

These Indian squadrons began to enter the plaza to the accompaniment of great songs, and thus entering they occupied every part of the plaza.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond