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Meanings of savanna in English

Portuguese
anhara
Catalan
sabana
Spanish
sabana

A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.

        anhara
        Usage of savanna in English
        1
        The harsh realities of the savanna imposed a heavy price on maternity.
        The Disposable Male
        2
        I awoke, as you will remember, in the center of the savanna.
        The Revolutions of Time
        3
        The species is usually found in dry savanna zones in sub-Saharan Africa.
        Reuters
        4
        There isn't enough rain to change all the savanna into arable farmland.
        The world without us
        5
        The little girl had no idea about distances in the open savanna.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        6
        Where it opened into woodland and savanna, lions and cape buffalo lived.
        The world without us
        7
        Away from these homesteads, lush oak savanna spread out to the horizon.
        Spellwright
        8
        For Indian tribes the longleaf pine savanna was a source of life.
        Anthill: a novel
        9
        Here we found the savanna sparrows; here, too, the meadow larks were singing.
        A Florida Sketch-Book
        10
        Ahead the land turned to savanna grass, acacia trees, and large striated boulders.
        Ghosts of Onyx
        11
        The two were moving gradually south by southwest through the savanna.
        The flock
        12
        Had moving to the savanna somehow made us biochemically more vulnerable?
        The world without us
        13
        Vance has mapped out at least eight thousand acres of longleaf pine savanna.
        The flock
        14
        From hence you proceed, in a south-west direction, through a long swampy savanna.
        Wanderings in South America
        15
        He stared across the savanna, trying to pinpoint the location of the sound.
        The flock
        16
        Back on the savanna, even a hint of female infidelity raised the stakes.
        The Disposable Male
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        Catalan
        sabana
        Spanish
        sabana
        Savanna through the time
        Savanna across language varieties
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