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   es·pla·nade

   /ˌespləˈnäd/

   noun

   • 1. a long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure.
   • ▪ an open, level space separating a fortress from a town.

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting an area of flat ground on top of a rampart): from French, from Italian spianata, from Latin explanatus ‘flattened, levelled’, from explanare (see explain).

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