SPA


Meaning of SPA in English

/ spɑː; NAmE / noun

1.

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

2.

a place where people can relax and improve their health, with, for example, a swimming pool :

a superb health spa which includes sauna, Turkish bath and fitness rooms

3.

( especially NAmE ) = Jacuzzi

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WORD ORIGIN

early 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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.