spa
noun/spɑː/
/spɑː/
- a place where water with minerals in it, which is considered to be good for your health, comes up naturally out of the ground; the name given to a town that has such a place and where there are, or were, places where people could drink the water
- Leamington Spa
- a spa town
- spa waters
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- (also health spa)a place where people can relax and receive health and beauty treatments, with, for example steam baths and exercise equipment
- a superb spa, which includes sauna, Turkish bath and fitness rooms
- (especially North American English) a large bath with a pump that moves the water around, giving a pleasant feeling to your body compare Jacuzzi™
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spa, a small town in eastern Belgium which has been celebrated for the curative properties of its mineral springs since medieval times.
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