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Parks       [pahrks] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Gordon (Alexander Buchanan), 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
2.Rosa (Rosa Louise McCauley), 1913–2006, U.S. civil rights leader.
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park       (pärk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An area of land set aside for public use, as:
    1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
    2. A landscaped city square.
    3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
    4. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
    5. The materiel kept in such an area.
  2. A broad, fairly level valley between mountain ranges: the high parks of the Rocky Mountains.
  3. A tract of land attached to a country house, especially when including extensive gardens, woods, pastures, or a game preserve.
  4. Sports A stadium or an enclosed playing field: a baseball park.
    1. An area where military vehicles or artillery are stored and serviced.
    2. The materiel kept in such an area.
  6. An area in or near a town designed and usually zoned for a certain purpose: a commercial park.
  7. A position in an automatic transmission that disengages the gears and sets the brake so the vehicle cannot move: put the car in park and turned off the engine.

v.   parked, park·ing, parks

v.   tr.
  1. To put or leave (a vehicle) for a time in a certain location.
  2. Aerospace To place (a spacecraft or satellite) in a usually temporary orbit.
  3. Informal To place or leave temporarily: parked the baby with neighbors; parking cash in a local bank account.
  4. To assemble (artillery or other equipment) in a military park.

v.   intr.
  1. To park a motor vehicle: pulled over and parked next to the curb.
  2. Slang To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.


[Middle English, game preserve, enclosed tract of land, from Old French parc, of Germanic origin.]

park'er n.
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Parks       (pärks)  Pronunciation Key 
American civil rights leader. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, resulted in a citywide boycott of the bus company and stirred the civil rights movement across the nation.

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parks

noun
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) 

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Parks, AR Zip code(s): 72950

Parks, NE Zip code(s): 69041

Parks, LA (village, FIPS 59165) Location: 30.21529 N, 91.82941 W
Population (1990): 400 (181 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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