Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Plaza is a Spanish word that describes an open public space such as a town square. More recently it has been used to describe a shopping complex, similar to a shopping mall. The name is generally applied to a single building, often with a hotel or office tower above, while a mall more often refers to multiple buildings or a street. Examples: Pantip Plaza, Clinton Plaza, Central Plaza, Hong Kong, Schiphol Plaza. Most colonial cities in Spanish America were planned around a square plaza de armas, surrounded by the governor's palace and the main church. A plaza de toros is a bullfighting arena. Fictional example: Nakatomi Plaza This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.