Sherwood Park

proper noun

A large hamlet in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, with over 70,000 people; a suburb of Edmonton.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A large hamlet in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, with over 70,000 people; a suburb of Edmonton.
  2. A community in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6040).

Origin

* (hamlet in Alberta, Canada): Originally named Campbelltown, after the Campbell family, who first settled in the area, but is renamed by Canada Post because of duplication with other places in Canada with that name.

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APA

Sherwood Park. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sherwood%20Park

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“Sherwood Park.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sherwood%20Park. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sherwood Park,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sherwood%20Park.

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