Kings Canyon National Park

[ kingz kan-yuhn nash-uh-nl pahrk, nash-nuhl ]

noun

1. a national park in east-central California noted for its giant sequoias, including the General Grant tree, and for its granite cliffs and domes: contiguous with Sequoia National Park. 721.5 square miles (1,869 square kilometers).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kings Canyon National Park¹

First recorded in 1940–45; so named following the expansion of the General Grant National Park (founded in 1890)

Example Sentences

I tested the body and lip balm options while out hiking and camping in Kings Canyon National Park, and neither melted in the tube, even as the temperature crept beyond 90 degrees.

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The most direct way to reach the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park from L.A. is to take Highway 180 near Fresno to the Big Stump entrance.

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The National Park Service is drafting an environmental assessment evaluating the effects of planting seedlings in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

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In at least one place with the offending name — the unincorporated town of Squaw Valley near Kings Canyon National Park — discussions about what the name should be have already grown heated.

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In at least one place with the offending name — the unincorporated town of Squaw Valley near Kings Canyon National Park — some residents are upset by the new law.

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