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The Russian word "квадрат" (square) refers to a shape with four equal sides and four right angles.

Here, the word 'площадь' refers to a large open public space in a city.

Моя квартира находится рядом с Красной площадью.

My apartment is located near the Red Square.

Here, the word 'площадь' is used in the mathematical context to refer to the measure of a surface.

Площадь этого прямоугольника равна двадцати квадратным метрам.

The area of this rectangle is twenty square meters.

In this instance, 'площадь' indicates a specified region or section within a diagram or context.

У меня в учебнике есть схема с обозначением площади.

There is a diagram with the designation of an area in my textbook.