Dictionary

grassland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
   • Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue. 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:

Forms

Deriveds

grasslander · Alpine grassland orange · agrograssland

Hypernyms

land

Relateds

ing · outback · lea · prairie · steppe · meadow · savanna · pampa · paramo · llano · veld

Translations (52)

ga talamh féaraigh (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ota یازی (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · cmn 草地 (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ja 草原 (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · sh тра̑вња̄к (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fi ruohomaa (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · nl grasland (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · pt pradaria (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · vi đồng cỏ (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · bo སྤང་། (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · izh heinämaa (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fa-ira عَلَفْزار (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ko 초원 (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es herbazal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ang wangturf (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · pl łąka (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · mi pākihi (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · izh niitty (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · cy glaswelltir (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · vi thảo nguyên (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · uk луг (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · gl pradeira (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · mk тре́виште (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · de Grasland (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · mi raorao (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ru сава́нна (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ja 草原 (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ca prada (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · da græsland (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · th ทุ่งหญ้า (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · it prateria (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · as ঘাঁহনি (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ar مَرْعَى (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es hierbazal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · km វាលស្មៅ (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · cmn 草原 (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es pradera (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fr prairie (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · hi घासभूमि (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es pastal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · uk лука́ (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · ru луг (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es pajonal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es yerbazal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fa-ira واشْزار (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fi ruohotasanko (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · be луг (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · sh trȃvnjāk (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · es pastizal (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · gu બીડ (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · fa-ira چَمَنْزار (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation) · mi tahora (an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation)