a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center
Also called: plaza
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, life-support, new wave, rite of passage
Examples of 'shopping plaza' in a sentence
shopping plaza
An elementary school, park and shopping plaza are right within the community.
Globe and Mail (2003)
That change has provided growth in the number of passengers, who appear to be unconcerned about loosening their wallets in the airport's shopping plazas.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He and his comrades intensely dislike single-use agglomerations such as shopping plazas, industrial parks, and residential neighbourhoods cut off from the vitality of urban life.