shopping mall
English
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Noun
[edit]shopping mall (plural shopping malls)
- (US) A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- shopping center (sometimes synonymous)
Translations
[edit]shopping centre — see shopping centre
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English shopping mall.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shopping mall m (plural shopping malls)
- (Latin America) A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores.
- Synonym: centro comercial
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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