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esplanade

esp·la·nade

UK/ˈɛspləˌneɪd/ US/ˌɛspləˈnɑːd/ uncommon

noun

1.

a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

Origin

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

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