Thesaurus results for SAVANNA

savanna

noun

sə-ˈva-nə

variants also savannah

Definition of savanna

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country lions roaming the savanna

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Recent Examples of savanna This includes savannahs and shrublands. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 June 2026 Finally, Iris is a tribute to the native plant and flower of the sub-Saharan savannas that giraffes call home. — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 June 2026 Deforestation over the same period fell 12% in the Cerrado, a savanna in central Brazil that has long been under pressure from the powerful agribusiness sector. — Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Fortune, 12 June 2026 Palos Hills and its diverse ecosystems of grasslands, wetlands, savannas, and woodlands. — Diane Penningroth, Midwest Living, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for savanna

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Noun

The Los Angeles man was charged with one count of misdemeanor firing timber or prairie lands, which is punishable by up to 6 months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
An aerial photo shows a prairie in the Okefenokee Swamp on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

See dinosaur bones at Flaming Cliffs, ride Mongolian horses across the steppe, stargaze with the on-property astronomer and stay in the luxurious Three Camel Lodge.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.

— Charles Maynes, NPR, 27 June 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
The shaggy bovines of the plains and boreal forests were nearly hunted to extinction in a frenzy of killing that decimated their population.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

Natural Selection’s new-build camp Tawana is set amid Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, some 1,900 square miles of grassland and flood plain teeming with antelope and elephants, lions and hippos.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
In Brazil, both the Amazon rainforest and the vast grassland known as the Cerrado have been rapidly transformed through clearing and logging operations into pastures and cropland.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of grassland

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