Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

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A very large national park in southeast Alaska with high mountains and big glaciers

proper noun
/ˈræŋɡəl seɪnt ˈiːlaɪəs ˈnæʃənl pɑrk/

: Parque Nacional Wrangell-St. Elias

Many visitors come to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park to experience its dramatic glaciers and remote landscapes.

Examples

Wildlife such as bears and moose thrive within the boundaries of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
Hiking in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park offers breathtaking views of untouched wilderness.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is beautiful!
I visited Wrangell-St. Elias National Park last summer.
Hiking in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park offers breathtaking views of untouched wilderness.
Many visitors come to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park to experience its dramatic glaciers and remote landscapes.
Wildlife such as bears and moose thrive within the boundaries of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Surface Forms

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park main

Morphology

Wrangell-St. + Elias + national + Park

This phrase is a place-name composed of a specific proper name plus the descriptive category 'national park.' A B1 learner who knows 'national' and 'park' can transparently infer that this refers to a (nationally designated) protected area or park called 'Wrangell-St. Elias,' even if the proper-name components are unfamiliar; the pattern place-name + category is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily understandable.

Etymology

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is named after two big mountains inside it: Wrangell and St. Elias. The name points to the park's huge peaks, glaciers, and wild land, so when you hear it you can picture 'the park of those mountains'.