Kings Canyon National Park

[ kingz kan-yuhn nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl ]

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noun

a national park in east-central California noted for its giant sequoias, including the General Grant tree, and for its granite cliffs and domes: contiguous with Sequoia National Park. 721.5 square miles (1,869 square kilometers).

First recorded in 1940–45; so named following the expansion of the General Grant National Park (founded in 1890)

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