parkland

noun

park·​land ˈpärk-ˌland How to pronounce parkland (audio)
: land with clumps of trees and shrubs in cultivated condition used as or suitable for use as a park

Examples of parkland in a Sentence

an area of beautiful parkland
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The cities with the most park playgrounds include Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and Houston, while cities with the most acres of parkland per capita include Anchorage, Chesapeake, Honolulu; Jacksonville; and Scottsdale, Arizona. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 But the analysis also looked into less flashy metrics — including access to hiking trails, acres of nearby parkland, and the cost of living — to determine how well-rounded the most fun locations are and how accessible that fun is to the average person. Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2024 The quantum park is bordered to the east by a band of shoreline parkland — Steelworkers Park and Park 566 — which will remain. Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024 The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, tore its way through about 4 acres of parkland near W. 218th St. as upper Manhattan was covered in thick gray smoke for most of the day. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for parkland 

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parkland was in 1727

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“Parkland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parkland. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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