fairground

[ fair-ground ]

noun

1. Often fairgrounds. a place where fairs, fair, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.

fairground

/ ˈfɛəˌɡraʊnd /

noun

1. an open space used for a fair or exhibition

Word History and Origins

Origin of fairground¹

First recorded in 1735–45; fair ² + ground ¹

Example Sentences

After a while we roll up to a children’s fairground.

From BBC

“All the talk, that he’s an arm of the Kremlin, destabilising Moldova: that’s absolutely not true. This is the truth: what you see here,” he waves an arm towards the frozen fairground.

From BBC

Emily Lanphear, vice chair of the local Republican Central Committee, ran a booth last month at the county fairground — complete with a giant photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist after a July assassination attempt.

From Los Angeles Times

High-rise appartment blocks, a 150,000-capacity stadium, bowling alleys, department stores, a zoo, and a fairground are part of a faded Soviet-era cityscape of concrete monumentalism.

From BBC

As the beige car bounced up to the former Soviet barracks, the rattling of its half-century old motor overpowered the din of people setting up for the day’s festivities at a temporary fairground.

From New York Times

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