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Spa

The word Spa can have a number of meanings:

Contents

Places

Baths

"Sanus per aquam" (lat.)

Personal care

  • Resort Spa A destination, usually a hotel that provides a luxurious environment and pampers the body. Frequently with special diets
  • Health Spa
  • Day Spa
  • Trim Spa
  • Spa cuisine
  • A place to go for an extended say of a week or more that provide wraps, baths, massages , manicures , pedicures , Body treatments , Aromatherapy, Nutrition and weight guidance, private trainers, yoga, and meditation
  • A large tub for soaking, usually outdoors and containing whirlpool jets. Generically know in the US as a spa

Other uses

  • Onsen
  • Soda Fountain Eastern New England, US usage
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Seaplane Pilots Association
  • The term "spa" is traditionally used to mean a place where water that is believed to have special health-giving properties occurs. This is usually a mineral or hot spring.
  • A modern spa is a luxurious resort or resort hotel, usually one located near a special water source and/or offers hot tub or similar warm-water hydromassage facilities.


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