'Playa' definitions:
Definition of 'Playa'
From: GCIDE
- Playa \Pla"ya\, n. [Sp.] A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'playa'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alkali flat,
- alluvial plain,
- bank,
- basin,
- beach,
- berm,
- bottomland,
- bushveld,
- campo,
- champaign,
- champaign country,
- coast,
- coastal plain,
- coastland,
- coastline,
- delta,
- desert,
- down,
- downs,
- embankment,
- fell,
- flat,
- flat country,
- flatland,
- flats,
- foreshore,
- grass veld,
- grassland,
- heath,
- ironbound coast,
- lande,
- level,
- lido,
- littoral,
- llano,
- lowland,
- lowlands,
- lunar mare,
- mare,
- mesa,
- mesilla,
- moor,
- moorland,
- open country,
- pampa,
- pampas,
- peneplain,
- plage,
- plain,
- plains,
- plateau,
- prairie,
- riverside,
- riviera,
- rockbound coast,
- salt flat,
- salt marsh,
- salt pan,
- sands,
- savanna,
- sea margin,
- seabank,
- seabeach,
- seaboard,
- seacliff,
- seacoast,
- seashore,
- seaside,
- sebkha,
- shingle,
- shore,
- shoreline,
- steppe,
- strand,
- submerged coast,
- table,
- tableland,
- tidewater,
- tree veld,
- tundra,
- upland,
- vega,
- veld,
- waterfront,
- waterside,
- weald,
- wide-open spaces,
- wold