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Steppe

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steppe

  [step] ,
–noun
1. an extensive plain, esp. one without trees.
2. The Steppes,
a. the vast grasslands, esp. those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.
b. Kirghiz Steppe.
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Origin:
1665–75; < Russ step' or Ukrainian step; ulterior orig. uncert.
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steppe   (stěp)   
n.  A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.

[German, from Russian step'.]
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Word Origin & History

steppe 
vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia, 1671, from Rus. *step', of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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steppe   (stěp)  Pronunciation Key 
A vast, semiarid grassland, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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