esplanade
1 synonym for esplanade, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An open area of ground separating a fortress from the town's buildings.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
First recorded in the 1590s, from French esplanade, meaning "clear, level space", from either Spanish esplanada (explanada), a form of esplanar ("to flatten, to make level"), or Italian spianata, a form of spianare (with the same meaning), both going back to Latin explānāre, the source also of English explain; compare...
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