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Esplanade

//ˈɛspləˌneɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
  2. 2
    a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore wordnet
  3. 3
    The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
  4. 4
    A grass plat; a lawn.
  5. 5
    Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.
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  1. 6
    Grassy strips between two divided highway lanes; a traffic island. Texas

Etymology

1590s, from French esplanade (“clear, level space”), from Spanish esplanada (explanada), form of esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”), from Latin explānāre, from which English explain; see also plain (“level area, to flatten”), and Italian spianata, from spianare.

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