savanna
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4.2
- noun
- /səˈvænə/
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sabana
- The elephants wandered freely across the vast African savanna, grazing on the tall grass.
- savanna grassland
- wet savanna
- open savanna
She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savanna, holding the flag on her shoulder.
- She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savanna, holding the flag on her shoulder.
- We evolved on the savannas of Africa during a period of fear and scarcity.
- The human brain evolved, as did all other species in the savanna.
- So you have a different fauna and you would have in, in in Africa and the savannas.
Examples
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Cloaked by the high grasses of the African savanna, the stalking leopard moves stealthily...
Fiction book (1997) -
Found in sub-Saharan Africa, galagos live everywhere, from woodland savanna to primary rain forest.
Academic text (1995) -
It's hard to predict when the rain will come to the savanna, but the animals seem to know.
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To the north, south, east, and west is seemingly endless savanna, all still but for the wind in the grass.
Academic text (2011) -
Daylight revealed the South Stage savanna stretching east and west into the haze of distance.
Fiction book (1993) -
We evolved on the savannas of Africa during a period of fear and scarcity.
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Here, we have assembled a collection of flora and fauna, indigenous to both the South American rain forest and the African savanna.
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Slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island, this watershed contains both desert and savanna grasslands.
Academic text (1994) -
And Wilder beasts are also migrating across the savanna, exploring the seasonal variations of the food resources.
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The low rainfall turns savanna grass to straw, dries up creeks and watering holes.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large flat area of land with few trees
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1.3
A large area of level land with few or no trees
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2.7
An open area covered mainly with grass where animals live or graze
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3.4
A large flat grassland with few trees in warm countries
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3.4
A large area of land that has few or no hills
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Etymology
Savanna comes from the Spanish sabana, which in turn comes from a Native American word zabana that meant 'treeless plain'. So a savanna is a wide, flat grassland with few trees, just like that original 'treeless plain'.