alameda

noun

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Recent Examples of alameda Or are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later? — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alameda
  1. walkway
  2. arcade
  3. colonnade
  4. mall
  5. promenade
  6. plaza
Noun
  • Many an alum fondly remembers trekking the 950-foot walkway to go for a swim on a hot, sticky July day.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Boise Airport in September also opened a $107 million rental car facility, which is accessible via a walkway past the baggage claim area.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of walkway
Noun
  • Prada Galleria now includes a new subterranean passage under the landmarked 19th-century shopping arcade that connects the women’s store with the men’s one, linking two sides of the central octagon.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Rioters clashed with police, looted stores and set property on fire in central Milan on Saturday, emptying Piazza del Duomo and a luxury shopping arcade when the area would usually be teeming with shoppers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of arcade
Noun
  • Both are early examples of the colonnade apartment style and saw reinvestment in the 1980s while providing affordable housing for decades.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Set the scene Right away, there's a sense of arrival reminiscent of a city chic hotel with a grand lobby entry distinguished by a long, arched colonnade comprised of iron ceiling panels with a grapevine-like pattern.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of colonnade
Noun
  • The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Mishkin owes some of the success of her label, Naomi Nomi, to a growing backlash against companies – from the luxury tier on down to mall brands and fast fashion – that have tried to pull the synthetic poly-blend wool over our eyes.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of mall
Noun
  • The aqueduct, the discovery of which was made public on Sunday, will be preserved as a promenade/archaeological park at the entrance to the future neighborhood by the IAA and Israel Land Authority.
    — Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • People walk on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River in Shanghai on January 19, 2026.
    — Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of promenade
Noun
  • The 4,000-square-foot store will be one of the newest tenants in the prominent shopping plaza in downtown Sacramento.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • TikTok videos posted by Benson showed the youngster performing tricks outside a Hilton hotel plaza and in the middle of a residential street.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of plaza

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