fairground
Americannoun
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fairgrounds
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fairground
Explanation
A fairground is an open outdoor area where a fair, circus, or some other exhibition sets up temporarily. Many county fairs are put on at the same fairground for a week or two each summer. Many funnel cakes are eaten there. Most fairgrounds have space for rides like Ferris wheels and bumper cars. Agricultural fairs might also have exhibit areas where visitors can see animals, handmade items, baked goods, giant watermelons, and other impressive produce. A traveling circus or carnival might also set up on fairground. The central section of a fairground is usually called a "midway."
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Blyth Lane was closed between Muglet Lane and Victoria Road to allow people to safely exit the fairground, the force added, with the road since reopening.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Two children and a woman have been injured while on a fairground ride in South Yorkshire, police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
On the night of the quinceañera in Alice, Pulido made a second stop at a birthday party at the Jim Wells County fairground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
A fairground train carrying children made its way through the crowd, its Christmas soundtrack drowned out by the supportive honks of cars.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Now that I knew what I was looking at, I recognized it as the vast expanse I had witnessed in my vision at the fairground.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In August 2024, Novo Nordisk bused its employees to the sprawling Roskilde fairgrounds outside Copenhagen for its annual summer party.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
My ceremony was in Pomona fairgrounds in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The protesters rallied on Munich's Theresienwiese fairgrounds, denouncing the leadership of Iran's Islamic Republic following the deadly repression of nationwide protests in January.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
That night the exposition illuminated the fairgrounds one last time.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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