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spa
(spä)n.
1. A resort providing therapeutic baths.
2. A resort area having mineral springs.
3. A fashionable hotel or resort.
4. A health spa.
5. A tub for relaxation or invigoration, usually including a device for raising whirlpools in the water.
[After Spa, a resort town of eastern Belgium.]
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spa
(spɑː)n
1. (Physical Geography) a mineral spring or a place or resort where such a spring is found
2. (Human Geography) a mineral spring or a place or resort where such a spring is found
[C17: named after Spa, Belgium]
Spa
(spɑː)n
(Placename) a town in E Belgium, in Liège province: a resort with medicinal mineral springs (discovered in the 14th century). Pop: 10 491 (2004 est)
SpA
abbreviation for
(Commerce) Società per Azioni
[Italian: limited company]
SPA
abbreviation for
(Environmental Science) Special Protection Area: an area designated by the European Union in order to protect endangered species, esp of birds
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spa
(spɑ)n., pl. spas.
1. a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
2. a luxurious resort or resort hotel.
3. health spa.
4. a hot tub or similar bathing facility, usu. for more than one person.
5. New England. soda fountain.
[1555–65; generalized use of Spa]
Spa
(spɑ)n.
a resort town in E Belgium, SE of Liège: famous mineral springs. 9391.
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| Noun | 1. |  spa - a health resort near a spring or at the seasidepump room - a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
| 2. | spa - a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | |
| 3. |  spa - a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitnessfat farm - a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight business establishment, place of business - an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
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Translations
lázně
spa
terveyslähde
toplice
鉱泉
온천
spa
สถานที่ที่มีบ่อน้ำแร่
suối nước khoáng
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈspɑː]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spa
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[spɑː] n (resort) → stazione f termale, terme fpl (Am) (also health spa) → centro di cure esteticheCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spa
→ يَنْبُوعٌ مَعْدَنِيّ lázně spa Kurort σπα balneario terveyslähde station thermale toplice terme 鉱泉 온천 mineraalbron spa uzdrowisko spa минеральный источник spa สถานที่ที่มีบ่อน้ำแร่ ılıca suối nước khoáng 温泉Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
spa
n spa m, balneario; medical —, med — (fam) spa médicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.