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memorial park

American  

noun

  1. cemetery.


Etymology

Origin of memorial park

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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Today, there’s a small memorial park named after Keller visible from the windows of the storefront Brandhorst was eyeing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The statue was dedicated at a government-run memorial park at Dabu-dong, a famous Korean War battle site near Daegu in southeast South Korea.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

She was to visit Jallianwala Bagh - a memorial park that was the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in British history - amid calls for an apology.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

The small memorial park is in a town called Jim Thorpe, Pa. Despite his decades of constant travel with countless sports teams, Thorpe never set foot there.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

At most, the memorial park which has been planned by the literary people of Boston and Cambridge will include only that portion of the grounds which belonged to the poet's brothers and sisters.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

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