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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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]