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memorial park

American  

noun

  1. cemetery.


Etymology

Origin of memorial park

First recorded in 1915–20

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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

News of his possible visit broke on Friday and stole the limelight, just as leaders visited a peace memorial park in Hiroshima.

From BBC May 20, 2023

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

Despite these changes, the memorial park has never materialized.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2022

Their bodies were cast into the well, which was afterward filled with earth and has since been the center of a memorial park.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

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