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parkway

noun

park·​way ˈpärk-ˌwā How to pronounce parkway (audio)
Synonyms of parkwaynext
: a broad landscaped thoroughfare

Examples of parkway in a Sentence

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On the day before Thanksgiving at Milwaukee’s Congress School off the Lincoln Creek parkway on the city's west side, students were out for fall break but the school was abuzz. Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025 There is a parkway planting of desert willows on the east side of Hayvenhurst Avenue, south of Magnolia Boulevard in Encino. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025 Responding officers found a vehicle crashed near the southbound lanes of a local parkway. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025 The parkway connects Jasper with Lake Louise and Banff, two sibling towns set within Banff National Park, Canada’s oldest and most storied national park. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parkway

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parkway was in 1875

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“Parkway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parkway. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

parkway

noun
park·​way ˈpär-ˌkwā How to pronounce parkway (audio)
: a broad landscaped highway

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