savanna

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savanna¹

  • /səˈvænə/ Australia, Canada, US
  • /səˈvɛnə/ New Zealand
  • /səˈvɑnə/ Canada, US, also

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noun savannas · savannah

  1. countable, uncountable A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Savanna²

proper noun

  1. A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
  2. A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.

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noun tropical grassland with scattered trees

Españolsabana
한국어사바나 sabana
日本語サバンナ sabanna, サバナ sabana
中文稀樹草原 /稀树草原 xīshù cǎoyuán, 薩瓦納 /萨瓦纳 sàwǎnà
हिन्दीसवाना savānā
Kiswahilisavana
Portuguêssavana, anhara, chana
Françaissavane
DeutschSavanne
Italianosavana
Ελληνικάσαβάνα savána
Русскийсава́нна savánna
Tiếng Việtxa-van
العربيةسَبْسَب sabsab, سَهْل عُشْبِيّ sahl ʕušbiyy, سَافَانَا safānā
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@misc{savanna_2026,
  title = {savanna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/savanna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}