A park is a large public area of land with grass, trees, and paths where people can relax, play, or enjoy nature. It can also be a special area for sports, animals, or amusement rides.
From Old French 'parc', meaning an enclosed piece of land for hunting, from a Germanic root related to 'fence' or 'enclosure'. It gradually shifted from private hunting grounds to public green spaces.
Parks began as fenced-off hunting lands for the rich, not playgrounds for everyone. The modern city park is a kind of quiet revolution: land once reserved for nobles is now open to anyone with a picnic blanket.
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