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steppe

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–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.
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'.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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