First Known Use: 1854
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playa
noun pla·ya \ˈplī-ə\
Definition of PLAYA
: the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake
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Origin of PLAYA
Spanish, literally, beach, from Late Latin plagia — more at plage
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