Plage

//pleɪd͡ʒ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone. obsolete

    "King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage."

  2. 2
    the beach at a seaside resort wordnet
  3. 3
    A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.

Etymology

From French plage, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“region”) (cognate with English flake). Doublet of playa.

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