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sa⋅van⋅na
[suh-van-uh] 
–noun
| 1. | a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa. |
| 2. | grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions. |
Also, sa⋅van⋅nah.
Origin:
1545–55; earlier zavana < Sp (now sabana) < Taino zabana
1545–55; earlier zavana < Sp (now sabana) < Taino zabana
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| sa·van·na also sa·van·nah (sə-vān'ə) n. A flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions. [Obsolete Spanish çavana, from Taino zabana.] |
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Savanna
Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. Savanna sparrow (Zo["o]l.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.
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Language Translation for : savanna
Spanish:
sabana,
German:
die Savanne,
Japanese:
サバンナ
savanna
A tropical land mass of grassland and scattered trees.
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| savanna or savannah (sə-vān'ə) Pronunciation Key
A flat, grass-covered area of tropical or subtropical regions, nearly treeless in some places but generally having a mix of widely spaced trees and bushes. Savannas have distinct wet and dry seasons, with the mix of vegetation dependent primarily on the relative length of the two seasons. |
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savanna
vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above a continuous tall grass understory. The largest areas of savanna are found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, the Myanmar-Thailand region, and Madagascar. Their distribution is shown in
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