Park
proper nounproper nountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom/[pʰɑːk]/
- Australia/[pʰaːk]/
- New Zealand/[pʰɐːk]/
- /[pʰɒək]/
An English surname.
proper noun
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An English surname.
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A river in central Connecticut.
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A village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 5802).
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A large area of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
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A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough, Wales.
Etymology
From park.
proper noun
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A surname from Korean. Alternative form of Bak.
Centring on the tension between the Kims, a basement-dwelling family of “dirt spoons” in Seoul, and the Parks, a family at the opposite end of the social spectrum, Parasite’s plot is predicated on the widening gap between the haves and the have nots in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy.
" I can't believe that this is happening in America," Park told NPR in an interview prior to his departure.
Etymology
From Korean 박(朴) (Bak), under influence from Park and originally spelled and read from the perspective of the pronunciation of non-rhotic (e.g. British) English speakers.
Forms
- plural
- Parks