Canyonlands National Park

3.5

A national park in southeast Utah with deep canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers

proper noun
/ˈkænjənˌlændz ˈnæʃənl pɑrk/

: Parque Nacional Canyonlands

Canyonlands National Park in Utah
Needles District of Canyonlands National Park
District of Canyonlands National Park

Examples

Aron Ralston set out alone in Utah's Canyonlands National Park and had a horrific accident before the day was out.

Blog text (30)
Visitors to Canyonlands National Park are often amazed by the stunning vistas and unique rock formations.
The scenic drive through Canyonlands National Park offers breathtaking views of the canyons carved by the Colorado River.
Many hikers enjoy exploring the trails in Canyonlands National Park, surrounded by ancient cliff dwellings and geological wonders.

Surface Forms

Canyonlands National Park main

Morphology

Canyonlands + national + park

The phrase is a place name formed by a toponym ('Canyonlands') plus the compositional label 'National Park'; a B1 learner who knows 'national' and 'park' will understand this denotes a government-protected park named Canyonlands. 'Canyonlands' transparently evokes land of canyons and the pattern 'X National Park' is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so the overall meaning is derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Canyonlands National Park gets its name from the land there: the word canyon means 'a deep, narrow valley' and lands means areas of ground. Over many years the Colorado and Green Rivers cut the rock and made those deep valleys and cliffs, so the name tells you the park is full of big canyons.