Plaza Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open public space, such as a town square. More recently it has been used to describe a shopping complex, similar to a shopping mall, borrowing its connotations of a center of cultural life. The name is currently even applied to a single building, often with a hotel or office tower above, while mall more often refers to multiple buildings or a street.Examples: Pantip Plaza, Clinton Plaza, Central Plaza, Hong Kong, Schiphol Plaza.
Most colonial cities in Spanish America were planned around a square plaza de armas, where troopps could be mustered, as the name implies, surrounded by the governor's palace and the main church.
A plaza de toros is a bullfighting arena.
The Italian cognate is Piazza, the French cognate Place.
Fictional example: Nakatomi Plaza
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