Parks

See also: parks

English

Etymology 1

Compare Parkes. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Parks

1. A surname.
   • 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “University of Life”, in Living History‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 22–23:

     In the discussions we had sitting around church basements, I learned that, despite the obvious differences in our environments, these kids were more like me than I ever could have imagined. They also knew more about what was happening in the civil rights movement in the South. I had only vaguely heard of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, but these discussions sparked my interest.

   • 2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”

Etymology 2

Proper noun

the Parks

1. (Oxford City) Ellipsis of Oxford University Parks.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Parks

1. plural of Park

Anagrams

• K-spar, Karps, Praks, Spark, spark

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁks/

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Noun

Parks

1. plural of Park
2. genitive singular of Park