grassland

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grassland^¹

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From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

noun grasslands

countable, uncountable An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation. Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.

Grassland^²

proper noun

A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.
A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Lynn County, Texas, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lea, meadow, sod, turf, lawn, prairie, savanna, plains, prairies, forage, grazing, rangeland, tussock, pastureland, pasture, grassy

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noun an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation

Español	pradera, herbazal, pastizal, pastal, yerbazal, hierbazal
한국어	초원 chowon
日本語	草原 sōgen, 草原
中文	草原 cǎoyuán, 草地 cǎodì
हिन्दी	घासभूमि ghāsbhūmi
Português	pradaria
Français	prairie
Deutsch	Grasland
Italiano	prateria
Русский	луг lug, сава́нна savánna
Tiếng Việt	đồng cỏ, thảo nguyên
العربية	مَرْعَى marʕā

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@misc{grassland_2026,
  title = {grassland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grassland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}