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Yellowstone

Yellowstone

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A large national park in the United States known for geysers, hot springs, and wild animals
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjɛloʊstoʊn/
translation icon : parque nacional de Yellowstone
  • Many people travel to Yellowstone to explore its diverse wildlife and stunning landscapes.
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • YNP (Yellowstone)

I might vlog my next trip too because I'm going to Yellowstone, which I'm so excited about.

Examples

  • A pack of wolves found me at Yellowstone Park.

  • There are over two hundred active geysers in Yellowstone Park alone.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Maybe we can go to Yellowstone on the way home.

  • Did you ever go hunting in Yellowstone Park?

  • Many of us are familiar with "Old Faithful" in Yellowstone National Park.

  • In 1988, soldiers from Fort Lewis were sent to Yellowstone National Park to help fight forest fires.

    Academic text (1992)
  • She's going to Yellowstone to work as a waitress.

  • Examples are geysers and hot springs, like those at Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

    Academic text (2002)
  • We're in a motel coffee shop outside Yellowstone, on our way back to Pasadena.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • On our pre-dawn hike to Cascade Lake in Yellowstone, our bear bells rang in the freezing wind.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

8 2.6

A large protected area in western United States and the first US national park, famous for geysers and wildlife

focuses on hot springs and diverse wildlife rather than historic status

Compounds

A large protected area in western United States and the first US national park, famous for geysers and wildlife

A large river in the western United States that flows through Yellowstone National Park and joins the Missouri River

Surface Forms

Morphology

Yellowstone = yellow + stone (semi-transparent) = yellow + stone

The components 'yellow' and 'stone' are transparent individually, but the use as a proper name for a national park is an arbitrary toponym and does not transparently indicate 'park'.

Etymology

Yellowstone was later used for the national park and keeps the same idea: it is named after the river with the yellow rocks in its canyon and banks. So the park's name reminds you of the 'yellow stone' area that made the place famous.