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praça

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Extremaduran

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The Plaza de España.

Etymology

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From Latin platea. Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetan piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place, Spanish plaza, and Portuguese praça.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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praça

  1. town square

Quotations

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"Ahorrandu dela praça, s’ahila ala praça la ilesia de Santa Catalina por una calli que se enancha pa poel vél bien la costrución. Cuyamenti esta calli, ogañu llamá dela Iglesia, conselva el letreru bastanti encalau del su anteriol nombri, Queipo de Llano, unu delos golpistas causantis dela Guerra Civil." Cúyu pan esgarras? - "Ríu-Lobus "

See also

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Galician

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Noun

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praça f (plural praças, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of praza

Further reading

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  • praça” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Praça do Comércio, Lisbon

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese praça, plaça, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, broad way). Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetan piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place and Spanish plaza. Doublet of plateia.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -asɐ
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ça

Noun

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praça f (plural praças)

  1. plaza (a public square or open area in front of a building or a place)
    Synonym: largo
    A Praça do Comércio é uma das maiores praças da Europa.
    Praça do Comércio is one of the largest plazas in Europe.

Noun

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praça m (plural praças)

  1. (Brazil, historical, military) Ellipsis of praça de pré.

Descendants

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  • Kabuverdianu: prása
  • Tetum: prasa
  • Papiamentu: plasa

Further reading

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