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shopping plaza

American  

noun

  1. a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.


Etymology

Origin of shopping plaza

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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“I wouldn’t call it historic,” he said on a recent Sunday, while parked at a Baltimore shopping plaza.

From The Wall Street Journal

Finally, just north of the shopping plaza off of Lorena Street, damage could be seen on the roofs of some homes and metal chain link fences.

From Los Angeles Times

The Santa Monica Museum of Art eventually left the center, but the shopping plaza is still thriving.

From Los Angeles Times

As he approached Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center, which is located in a shopping plaza, he noticed two unfamiliar cars out front.

From Salon

In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma joint, sits a two-storey building with blue tinted windows reflecting the summer sun.

From BBC