The word 'esplanade' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a long, open area with a flat surface, usually found near the sea or river. For example, "We enjoyed a leisurely stroll along the esplanade."
One by one they came – vessels the size of tenement blocks – disgorging holidaymakers on to an esplanade dotted with little white buildings in scenes of exuberant commotion.
It was a sunny day and the esplanade around the church was thronged with families, picnicking, enjoying the views (which are some of the best in Algiers), kids playing football.
Some Palestinian leaders still deny that Jews have any connection to the esplanade where the temple once stood.Some efforts have been made to improve matters, as Israeli Jews fear for their country's reputation.
The esplanade above is the Haram al-Sharif ("Noble Sanctuary"), the third-holiest site in Islam, with the al-Aqsa mosque and the gold-capped Dome of the Rock.
Although some Jews do not observe the tradition, the authorities ban them from praying there.Israel captured the Temple Mount esplanade housing the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem in the 1967 war, but for decades it let the Muslim authorities exercise day-to-day rule of what they regard as their third-holiest site, after Mecca and Medina.
Some propose dividing the esplanade, as the Israeli authorities have done in Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, at the tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi mosque.
At least one government minister, Uri Ariel, often walks round the esplanade.
San Juan de Ulúa is a historic fort near an esplanade where marimba music flutters and elderly men play chess and drink coffee.
It left the raised esplanade, with the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa (the third holiest Muslim site), in the hands of its former masters, the Jordanian-appointed trustees, or Waqf.
