Serengeti National Park
- proper noun
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Parque Nacional Serengeti
- During the migration season, millions of wildebeests cross through Serengeti National Park.
- Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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L: Diseases continue to plague Serengeti National Park.
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Veterinarians Magai Kaare and Sarah Cleaveland expanded the dog vaccination program to include areas to the east of Serengeti National Park.
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This case of rabies in an African civet in the center of Serengeti National Park was highly unexpected.
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For tonight, peaceful coexistence of lions and people reigns, at least in this part of the 14,500-square-kilometer Serengeti National Park.
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Here at a lodge in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, one watchman after another lines a curving brick walkway leading to rooms.
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With more than 30,000 domestic dogs living within 10 miles of the Serengeti National Park boundary and millions more dogs throughout the rest of Tanzania, containing CDV has been a daunting task.
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Wolanski E, Gereta E. 1999. Oxygen cycle in a hippo pool, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 37:419-423.
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Gereta E, Wolanski E. 1998. Wildlife-water quality interactions in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 36: 1-14.
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At sunrise, the savanna comes alive with the sounds of wildlife in Serengeti National Park.
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Visitors can witness the breathtaking beauty of the sunrise over the plains in Serengeti National Park.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from its parts: 'Serengeti' (the place known for wildlife) + 'national' (state-level) + 'park' (a protected public area), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it denotes a state-protected park in the Serengeti. Place-name + category constructions like this are compositional and cross-linguistically common, making the expression transparent.
Etymology
Serengeti National Park may get its name from the Maasai word 'siringet', which means 'endless plain'. That's why the name suits the park today: it is a huge open grassland where thousands of animals move across the land each year.
