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savanna en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /səˈvɛnə/ (New-Zealand)
  • səvănə (New-Zealand)
  • /səˈvænə/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /səˈvɑnə/ (Canada, General-American, also)
  • səvănə (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • səvänə (Canada, General-American, also)

Etymology

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
savannas Number=Plur lexicographic
savannah alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

plain · prairie · veld · pampas · steppe

Deriveds

savanna wattle · savanna glider · savanna hawk · savannoid · savannization · savanna flower · savanna sparrow

Translations (48)

pt anhara (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · pt savana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · vi xa-van (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · eo savano (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ar سَبْسَب (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · no savanne (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ko 사바나 (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · hi सवाना (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · hy սավաննա (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ar سَافَانَا (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ja サバナ (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · cs savana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · hu szavanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · yo ọ̀dàn (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · he סוואנה (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ca sabana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · be сава́нна (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ckb ساڤانا (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · it savana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · iso ogẹ (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · cmn 薩瓦納 /萨瓦纳 (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · sl savana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · el σαβάνα (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · fa گرمدشت (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · da savanne (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ru сава́нна (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · af savanne (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · gl sabana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · de Savanne (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · pt chana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ja サバンナ (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · cmn 稀樹草原 /稀树草原 (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · fa ساوانا (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ar سَهْل العُشْبِي (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · sw savana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · id sabana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · bg савана (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · fi savanni (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · uk сава́на (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · id padang rumput (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · tl sabana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · es sabana (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · nl savanne (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · fr savane (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · sh savàna (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · ka სავანა (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · pl sawanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees) · sv savann (tropical grassland with scattered trees)