variants
also savannahs
as in plains
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
lions roaming the savanna
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Recent Examples of savannas
The experience there usually involves wide-open savannas and convoys of jeeps lined up to take in the wildebeest and zebras passing through in the millions during the Great Migration.
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
According to the African Wildlife Foundation, serval cats are most commonly found on savannas and possess long necks and legs that enable them to see over tall grass.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Along the bottom is a series of intricate drawings showing all the different landscape types of the island such as sandy savannas, pinelands and mangroves.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2009, Boko Haram launched an insurgency to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas).
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
In the savannas of Brazil, the hand of industrialization is mighty.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The train winds through the Great Karoo Desert, a sparsely populated area of vast open plains, savannas, and grassland.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
According to the African Wildlife Foundation, serval cats are most commonly found on savannas and possess long necks and legs that enable them to see over tall grass.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Along the bottom is a series of intricate drawings showing all the different landscape types of the island such as sandy savannas, pinelands and mangroves.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2009, Boko Haram launched an insurgency to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas).
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
In the savannas of Brazil, the hand of industrialization is mighty.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The train winds through the Great Karoo Desert, a sparsely populated area of vast open plains, savannas, and grassland.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savannas
Noun
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Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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In 2020, Singita rebuilt this longtime favorite, swapping romantic 1920s-era antique furnishings with a chic minimalism that blends into the grassy plains.—
Jennifer Flowers,
AFAR Media,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It is often found in heavily disturbed sites, such as roadsides, gravel pits and the edges of agricultural fields, but it can also be found in undisturbed dunes, dry prairies, oak and pine woodlands and rangeland.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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All 40 rooms in the low-lying, two-story building look onto the park’s iconic towers, with large windows to catch Patagonia’s expansive steppes and skies.—
Sarah Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Unlike Argentina’s open steppes, Chilean Patagonia hugs the Pacific coast and is carved by glacial valleys covered in with dense vegetation.—
Eric Sheets,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The rolling grasslands and rocky beaches of Vandenberg Space Force Base, home to more than a dozen at-risk species, easily could pass for a peaceful nature preserve — but that’s an illusion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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In summer, look for grizzlies wandering among the grasslands of the park’s Hayden Valley.—
Laura Kiniry,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Savannas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savannas. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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