Park

Appendix:Variations of "park" English Etymology 1 <dab> + River + Township From en park. Proper noun en English. en river in central s/Connecticut. en number of other places c/USA, including: en twp co/Sedgwick County s/Kansas. en twp co/Ottawa County s/Michigan. en twp co/St. Joseph County s/Michigan. en twp co/Pine County s/Minnesota. en village co/Londonderry cc/Northern Ireland Irish grid ref C 5802. en large area isl/Lewis carea/Western Isles cc/Scotland. en wcomm and ward in cobor:noaff/Merthyr Tydfil cc/Wales. Community map Synonyms Conn. river en Hog Derived terms en Parkville from the surname Descendants mul Parkia genus 1 Etymology 2 From en ko ^박(朴), under influence from Park and originally spelled and read from the perspective of the pronunciation of non-rhotic (e.g. British) English speakers. Pronunciation en [pʰɑːk] UK en [pʰaːk] Australia,Boston en en-au-park.ogg AU en [pʰɒək] NYC en [pʰɐːk] New Zealand en [pʰɑɹk] US en en-us-park.ogg US en ɑɹk ɑːk 1 en park Proper noun s en Korean. en Bak. en 2020-02-16 Justin McCurry; Nemo Kim Parasite: how Oscar triumph has exposed South Korea’s social divide w:The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/16/parasite-film-oscars-bong-joon-ho-seoul-rich-poor-south-korea Centring on the tension between the Kims, a basement-dwelling family of “dirt spoons” in Seoul, and the Parks, a family at the opposite end of the social spectrum, Parasite’s plot is predicated on the widening gap between the haves and the have nots in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410011501/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/16/parasite-film-oscars-bong-joon-ho-seoul-rich-poor-south-korea en Juliana Kim Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports after nearly 50 years in the U.S. w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74036/trump-ice-self-deportation-army-veteran-hawaii 2025-06-24 " I can't believe that this is happening in America," Park told NPR in an interview prior to his departure. https://web.archive.org/web/20250802064854/https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74036/trump-ice-self-deportation-army-veteran-hawaii Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Park is the 289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106,696 individuals. Park is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (72.98%) and White (23.34%) individuals. References Anagrams en akpr KPRA Karp Prak Dutch Etymology First attested as de Parck in 1713. Derived from nl perk enclosed area. Pronunciation nl /pɑrk/ nl Nl-park.ogg nl Park nl ɑrk 1 nl park Proper noun n nl hamlet mun/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands References German Etymology A doublet of inherited de Pferch pen [for animals]. The form Park was first borrowed in the 15th/16th centuries from de dum park, in which the word had developed the sense “recreation park, enclosed hunting grounds” under the influence of de fro parc. German Park remained sporadic, however, until it was reinforced (or borrowed anew) from modern de fr parc and de en park from the late 17th century on. For the further origin of all mentioned cognates compare de Pferch and en park. Pronunciation de /paʁk/ [pʰaʁk] [pʰaɐ̯k] standard de /paːk/ common; chiefly northern and central Germany de De-Park.ogg de De-Park2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,s:es,s:e[less common]:^e[rare outside Switzerland] park piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation de 1878 Arnold von Lasaulx Aus Irland, Reiseskizzen und Studien 133 Auch die Vegetation des Parkes war hier, wie allerwärts in Irland, eine bewundernswerthe. The vegetation of the park, too, was here, as everywhere in Ireland, admirable. 79 Aber oftmals lief die kleine Dorothee […] noch viel weiter, bis dorthin, wo der regelmäßige Garten sich in einen weiten natürlichen Park verlor und allmählich in Wiesen und Wald überging. But often the little Dorothee […] walked still much farther until there, where the regular garden faded away into a wide natural park and gradually fused into meadows and woods. de 2008 Marc Vesper Ein Single kommt immer allein... 226 Und der Herbst bliess draussen die Blätter von den Bäumen, durch Gärten, über Strassen, durch Pärke und über Dächer. And outside, fall blew the leaves from the trees, through gardens, across streets, through parks and over rooftops. park, grounds tract of ground kept in its natural state, around a residence, for the enjoyment of its owner Usage notes The predominant plural is de Parks. The form de Parke is somewhat less common. The form de Pärke does occur, but is rare outside Switzerland. Declension m,s:es,s:e[less common]:^e[rare outside Switzerland] Derived terms de Fuhrpark de Tierpark de Vergnügungspark Descendants 1 dsb park Further reading de Tagalog Etymology From tl ko ^박(朴), via tl en Park. Pronunciation Proper noun + tl Korean Anagrams tl akpr prak tl surnames from Korean