name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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name
Meaning 1
A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Lynn County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: biome, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَرْعَى
(marʕā)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Assamese:
ঘাঁহনি
(ghãhoni)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Belarusian:
луг
(luh)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Catalan:
prada
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Chinese Mandarin:
草原
(cǎoyuán)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Chinese Mandarin:
草地
(cǎodì)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Danish:
græsland
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Dutch:
grasland
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Finnish:
ruohomaa
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Finnish:
ruohotasanko
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
French:
prairie
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Galician:
pradeira
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
German:
Grasland
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Gujarati:
બીડ
(bīḍ)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Hindi:
घासभूमि
(ghāsbhūmi)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ingrian:
niitty
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ingrian:
heinämaa
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Irish:
talamh féaraigh
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Italian:
prateria
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Japanese:
草原
(sōgen)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Japanese:
草原
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Khmer:
វាលស្មៅ
(viəl smaw)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Korean:
초원
(chowon)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Macedonian:
тре́виште
(trévište)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Māori:
raorao
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Māori:
pākihi
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Māori:
tahora
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Old English:
wangturf
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Iranian Persian:
عَلَفْزار
(alafzâr)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Iranian Persian:
واشْزار
(vâšzâr)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Iranian Persian:
چَمَنْزار
(čamanzâr)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Polish:
łąka
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Portuguese:
pradaria
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Russian:
луг
(lug)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Russian:
сава́нна
(savánna)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Serbo-Croatian:
тра̑вња̄к
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Serbo-Croatian:
trȃvnjāk
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
pradera
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
herbazal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
pastizal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
pastal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
yerbazal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
hierbazal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish:
pajonal
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Thai:
ทุ่งหญ้า
(tûng-yâa)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Tibetan:
སྤང་།
(spang)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ottoman Turkish:
یازی
(yazı)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ukrainian:
лука́
(luká)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ukrainian:
луг
(luh)
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Vietnamese:
đồng cỏ
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Vietnamese:
thảo nguyên
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Welsh:
glaswelltir
— an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation