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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
səvănə
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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/səˈvænə/
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New-Zealand:
səvănə
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New-Zealand:
/səˈvɛnə/
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Canada, General-American, also:
səvänə
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Canada, General-American, also:
/səˈvɑnə/
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rhymes with -ænə
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CMU ARPABET:
S AH0 V AE1 N AH0
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.
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A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: savannah
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Broader terms: grassland
From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.
Across languages
Translations 48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
savanne
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Arabic :
سَبْسَب
(sabsab)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Arabic :
سَهْل العُشْبِي
(sahl ʕušbiy)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Arabic :
سَافَانَا
(safānā)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Armenian :
սավաննա
(savanna)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Belarusian :
сава́нна
(savánna)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Bulgarian :
савана
(savana)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Catalan :
sabana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Chinese Mandarin :
稀樹草原 /稀树草原
(xīshù cǎoyuán)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Chinese Mandarin :
薩瓦納 /萨瓦纳
(sàwǎnà)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Czech :
savana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Danish :
savanne
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Dutch :
savanne
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Esperanto :
savano
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Finnish :
savanni
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
French :
savane
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Galician :
sabana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Georgian :
სავანა
(savana)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
German :
Savanne
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Greek :
σαβάνα
(savána)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Hebrew :
סוואנה
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Hindi :
सवाना
(savānā)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Hungarian :
szavanna
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Indonesian :
padang rumput
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Indonesian :
sabana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Isoko :
ogẹ
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Italian :
savana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Japanese :
サバンナ
(sabanna)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Japanese :
サバナ
(sabana)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Korean :
사바나
(sabana)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Central Kurdish :
ساڤانا
(savana)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Norwegian :
savanne
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Persian :
ساوانا
(sâvânâ)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Persian :
گرمدشت
(garm-dašt)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Polish :
sawanna
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Portuguese :
savana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Portuguese :
anhara
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Portuguese :
chana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Russian :
сава́нна
(savánna)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Serbo-Croatian :
savàna
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Slovene :
savana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Spanish :
sabana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Swahili :
savana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Swedish :
savann
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Tagalog :
sabana
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Ukrainian :
сава́на
(savána)
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Vietnamese :
xa-van
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
Yoruba :
ọ̀dàn
— tropical grassland with scattered trees
