parkland

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noun

Land suitable for use as a park.

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Meanings

parkland1

nounparkland (plural parklands)

plural parklands

  1. Land suitable for use as a park.
  2. CanadaUSA landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.

Parkland2

proper nounParkland (plural Parklands)

plural Parklands

  1. A number of places in Canada.
  2. A number of places in the United States.
    1. 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
    2. A section in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    3. An unincorporated community in Parkland, Wisconsin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

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Broader
tractpiece of landpiece of ground
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Parkland · proper noun

From park + land, see parkland.

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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
APA

parkland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland

MLA

“parkland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parkland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parkland.

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