Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park
noun
the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears
Instance Hypernyms: ↑national park
Part Holonyms:
Wyoming, ↑Equality State, ↑WY, ↑Montana, ↑Treasure State, ↑MT, ↑Idaho, ↑Gem State, ↑ID
Part Meronyms: ↑Old Faithful

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Yellowstone National Park [Yellowstone National Park]
the first US national park, established in 1872, and one of the largest. It covers about 3 500 square miles/9 065 square kilometres in north-west ↑Wyoming and parts of ↑Idaho and ↑Montana. It has many wild animals, including bears and ↑buffalo, and is famous for its fine scenery, hot springs and ↑geysers (= underground hot springs that shoot hot water or steam up into the air). The park was made a ↑World Heritage Site in 1978.
See also Old Faithful

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