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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Community and environment: separation and divorce rate, hate crime incidents per capita and acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025 Investor ownership of parkland would also help attain another Republican priority — concentration of the nation’s wealth. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025 The area is based on an 1887 map of what was called La Jolla Park and includes eight acres of coastal parkland roughly between Torrey Pines Road and Coast Walk in the north and nearly the end of Coast Boulevard in the south. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 The money will be used to buy an estimated 623 acres of new parkland. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025 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 24 Mar. 2025.

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