playa
Americannoun
noun
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A dry lake bed at the bottom of a desert basin, sometimes temporarily covered with water. Playas have no vegetation and are among the flattest geographical features in the world.
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Also called sink
Etymology
Origin of playa
1850–55, < Spanish: shore < Late Latin plagia; plage
Example Sentences
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Yu signed off: “Hope to see you on the Playa in August or Davos in Jan.”
By late Sunday, the chaos had spread to eastern Mexico’s popular resort towns of Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
From Los Angeles Times
Lewis died at their temporary Playa Vista apartment on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times
Lindo and I wouldn’t be at this table talking and rapping and toasting the first Oscar nomination of his long career if one particular cut of “Sinners,” the version Coogler showed him at the Imax headquarters in Playa Vista more than a year ago, had gone out into the world.
From Los Angeles Times
Arkapaw: I remember the moment that he brought it up, we were at the Playa Vista Imax headquarters and we had just done a screening to look at the prints.
From Los Angeles Times
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