llano

lla·no

noun \ˈlä-(ˌ)nō, ˈla-\

plural llanos

Definition of LLANO

: an open grassy plain in Spanish America or the southwestern United States

Examples of LLANO

1. <for generations the family has raised cattle on the llanos of the American Southwest>

Origin of LLANO

Spanish, plain, from Latin planum — more at plain

First Known Use: 1604

Related to LLANO

Synonyms: campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), plain, moor, pampa, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)

Related Words: field, meadow; floodplain; bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland; plateau, table, tableland, upland

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Rhymes with LLANO

mono