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Word: Playa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘beach’): from Spanish, literally ‘beach’, from late Latin plagia. The sense ‘area of flat, dried-up land’ dates from the mid 19th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈplʌɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly.
Short Definition:area of flat, dried-up land
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