national park

noun

An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.

Meanings

national park1

nounnational park (plural national parks)

plural national parks

  1. An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.

National Park2

proper noun
  1. A small town situated near Tongariro National Park in Ruapehu district, Manawatū-Whanganui, in the centre of the North Island, New Zealand.
  2. A rural locality in Central Highlands and Derwent Valley council areas, Tasmania, Australia.

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Translations

Arabic حَدِيقَة وَطَنِيَّة
  • حَدِيقَة وَطَنِيَّة (ḥadīqa waṭaniyya)national park
Catalan parc nacional
  • parc nacionalnational park
Chinese Mandarin 國家公園 /国家公园, 國立公園 /国立公园
  • 國家公園 /国家公园 (guójiā gōngyuán)national park
  • 國立公園 /国立公园 (guólì gōngyuán)national park
Czech národní park
  • národní parknational park
Esperanto nacia parko
  • nacia parkonational park
Estonian rahvuspark
  • rahvusparknational park
Finnish kansallispuisto
  • kansallispuistonational park
French parc national
  • parc nationalnational park
German Nationalpark
  • Nationalparknational park
Hindi राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
  • राष्ट्रीय उद्यान (rāṣṭrīya udyān)national park
Hungarian nemzeti park
  • nemzeti parknational park
Icelandic þjóðgarður
  • þjóðgarðurnational park
Indonesian taman nasional
  • taman nasionalnational park
Irish páirc náisiúnta
  • páirc náisiúntanational park
Italian parco nazionale
  • parco nazionalenational park
Japanese 国立公園
  • 国立公園 (kokuritsu kōen)national park
Korean 국립공원
  • 국립공원 (gungnipgong'won)national park
Māori papatāpui ā-motu
  • papatāpui ā-motunational park
Norwegian Bokmål nasjonalpark
  • nasjonalparknational park
Persian پارک ملی
  • پارک ملی (pârk-e melli)national park
Polish park narodowy
  • park narodowynational park
Portuguese parque nacional
  • parque nacionalnational park
Romanian parc național
  • parc naționalnational park
Russian национа́льный парк
  • национа́льный парк (nacionálʹnyj park)national park
Spanish parque nacional
  • parque nacionalnational park
Swedish nationalpark
  • nationalparknational park
Thai อุทยานแห่งชาติ
  • อุทยานแห่งชาติnational park
Turkish millî park, ulusal park
  • millî parknational park
  • ulusal parknational park
Vietnamese vườn quốc gia
  • vườn quốc gianational park
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APA

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

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

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

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