From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishesplanadees‧pla‧nade /ˌespləˈneɪd $ ˈesplənɑːd/ noun [countable] especially British EnglishTTR a wide street next to the sea in a town
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esplanade• Beach and esplanade include croquet, tennis and water sports centre.• Al-Aqsa is one of the two mosques on the Haram al-Sharif esplanade in Jerusalem.• Along the esplanade, countless cafés, and tempting ice-cream parlours vie for attention.• The band left us after lunch to play on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.• We walked up the slope and on to the esplanade.Origin esplanade (1600-1700) French Italian spianata, from spianare “to make level”, from Latin explanare; → EXPLAIN 