Definition of
Spa
- (noun, location) a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- (noun, artifact) a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
- (noun, artifact) a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
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Synonyms of Spa
health club, health spa, resort hotel, watering hole, watering place
Alternate forms of Spa
Hyponyms: fat farm
Hypernyms: business establishment, hotel, place of business, playground, resort area, vacation spot
Origin of the word Spa
- "medicinal or mineral spring," 1626, from name of health resort in eastern Belgium, known since 14c., that featured mineral springs believed to have curative properties. The place name is from Walloon espa "spring, fountain." more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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