Meanings
parkland1
plural parklands
- CanadaUSA landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.
Parkland2
plural Parklands
- A number of places in Canada.
- A neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta.
- A number of places in the United States.
- A city in Broward County, Florida.
1 more example
The massacre that ripped apart 17 families in Parkland, Florida, five years ago on Valentine’s Day ignited a wave of student-led protests and bipartisan legislation to combat the plague of school shootings devastating the country. […] As the country reckons with how to prevent more children from being killed at school, the legacies of the Parkland victims live on.
2023 February 14, Holly Yan, “5 years after the Parkland school massacre claimed 17 lives, here’s what has changed (and what hasn’t)”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024 - A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
- A section in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Parkland, Wisconsin.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Parklandschaft
- Parklandschaftland suitable for being a park
Norwegian parkområde, parkanlegg
- parkområdeland suitable for being a park
- parkanleggland suitable for being a park
Russian парковая зона, парковые насаждения
- парковая зона (parkovaja zona)land suitable for being a park
- парковые насаждения (parkovyje nasaždenija)land suitable for being a park
Cite this entry
parkland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland
“parkland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parkland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland.
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