"fairground" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛə(ɹ)ɡɹaʊnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-fairground.wav Forms: fairgrounds [plural], fairgrounds [alternative]
Etymology: From fair + ground. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fair|ground}} fair + ground Head templates: {{en-noun}} fairground (plural fairgrounds)
  1. An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground. Translations (fair area): жармаңке аянты (jarmaŋke ayantı) (Kyrgyz), вашарище (vašarišče) [neuter] (Pannonian Rusyn), wesołe miasteczko [neuter] (Polish), jarmark [masculine] (Polish), я́рмарочная пло́щадь (jármaročnaja plóščadʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sajmište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vašarište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-fairground-en-noun-gUBi4RRX Disambiguation of 'fair area': 100 0
  2. A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
    Sense id: en-fairground-en-noun-nRf3nG1z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: ground

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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