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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The neighborhood/area The hotel is set inside a 500-acre park and guests can easily access the surrounding parkland and its three nature trails. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026 The area, based on an 1887 map of what was called La Jolla Park, 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, 7 May 2026 There is another constituency for parkland — the homeless. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court is weighing a community lawsuit filed by the Franklin Park Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy that claims the professional soccer stadium use would illegally privatize public parkland. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026 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 18 May. 2026.

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