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Parks
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parks
English
Etymology 1
+ (surname)
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Proper noun
en.
en 2003 Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton University of Life Living History (book) Living History https://archive.org/details/livinghistory0000clin_o7i8/ 9780747255154 249479603 22–23 https://archive.org/details/livinghistory0000clin_o7i8/page/23/ In the discussions we had sitting around church basements, I learned that, despite the obvious differences in our environments, these kids were more like me than I ever could have imagined. They also knew more about what was happening in the civil rights movement in the South. I had only vaguely heard of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, but these discussions sparked my interest.
en Douglas Brinkley Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis 2015-03-05 So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260503014723/https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis/ 3 May 2026
Etymology 2
Proper noun
the Parks
en Oxford City en w:University Parks Oxford University Parks.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Park
Anagrams
en akprs K-spar Karps Praks Spark spark
German
Pronunciation
de /paʁks/
de De-Parks.ogg
de De-Parks2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
de noun form
de Park
de Park gen s