"market square" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: market squares [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} market square (plural market squares)
  1. An open area in a town housing a public market, often on just one day per week; a marketplace. Wikipedia link: market square Related terms: market day Translations (open area in a town housing a public market): marktplein [neuter] (Dutch), toriaukio (Finnish), place du marché [feminine] (French), Marktplatz [masculine] (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 (garuns) [feminine] (Gothic), piactér (Hungarian), vásárhely (Hungarian), vásártér (Hungarian), rynek [masculine] (Polish), plaza del mercado [feminine] (Spanish), salutorg [neuter] (Swedish), ẹrẹ́jà (Yoruba)

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