Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index P playa: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: pla•ya Pronunciation: (plī'u), [key] — n. the sandy, salty, or mud-caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains. Cf. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. play playable ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dubitable Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language