No. 6,746 in Russian
square
The Russian word "квадрат" (square) refers to a shape with four equal sides and four right angles.
In a sentence
Моя квартира находится рядом с Красной площадью.
My apartment is located near the Red Square.
Here, the word 'площадь' refers to a large open public space in a city.
Площадь этого прямоугольника равна двадцати квадратным метрам.
The area of this rectangle is twenty square meters.
Here, the word 'площадь' is used in the mathematical context to refer to the measure of a surface.
У меня в учебнике есть схема с обозначением площади.
There is a diagram with the designation of an area in my textbook.
In this instance, 'площадь' indicates a specified region or section within a diagram or context.
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