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Plaza Pronunciation
Plaza is pronounced PLAH-zuh, IPA /ˈplæzə/.
PLAH-zuh
US /ˈplæzə/ · UK /ˈplɑːzə/
Syllables: PLAH · zuh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: An open public square, or a shopping and office complex built around one.
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Plaza in a Sentence
- Bands play in the plaza on Saturday evenings.
- We met by the fountain in the middle of the plaza.
- The hotel takes up one whole side of the plaza.
Common Mispronunciations of Plaza
Not PLAY-zuh
The first vowel of plaza is open and flat, the ah of father, with no ay anywhere in it.
Not PLAH-suh
Spanish gives the word a hissed s and English buzzes it into a z.
Tip: The dictionaries disagree about that first vowel, PLAH-zuh against PLA-zuh, and both are current.
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