Katmai National Park
- proper noun
- /kætˈmaɪ/
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Parque Nacional Katmai
- Katmai National Park and Preserve
- Alaska's Katmai National Park
Examples
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Late in the afternoon, we would go on a sightseeing tour of Katmai National Park before flying back to Kodiak.
Academic text (2001) -
Come to the Aleutian coastal area in Alaska to see the various bears of Katmai National Park.
Academic text (2004) -
Last summer, I won a trip to Alaska to rub elbows with the bears in Katmai National Park.
Academic text (2001) -
We left with the tide and made our way across the Shelikov Strait to Katmai National Park.
Academic text (2001) -
Last summer, I won a trip to Alaska to rub elbows with the bears in Katmai National Park.
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Several summers ago, I took my family to Katmai National Park in Alaska, where we saw brown bears plucking spawning salmon from the park's rivers and streams.
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Late in the afternoon, we would go on a sightseeing tour of Katmai National Park before flying back to Kodiak.
Synonyms
A large park in southern Alaska with volcanoes, mountains, and many brown bears
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a place-name composed of a proper name + the transparent compound 'national park', so a B1 learner who knows 'national' and 'park' will infer it refers to a government-run protected area called Katmai. The proper noun 'Katmai' is merely a label and does not prevent understanding of the basic meaning, although specific geographic details (e.g., location in Alaska) cannot be derived from the constituents.
Etymology
Katmai National Park may come from a local Alaska Native word meaning 'smoky place' or 'place of steam' because the area has volcanoes and steam vents. That's why the name fits this park of volcanoes, mountains, and many wild animals.
