Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Savanne

    сава́ннаsavánna

    сава́наsavána

More definitions
  • a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Tigers live in the jungle, lions in the savanna.

    Тигри мешкать у жунглях, а леви - у саваннi.

    ruТигры живут в джунглях, львы — в саванне.

    deTiger leben im Dschungel, Löwen in der Savanne.

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  2. Giraffes prefer the thick woodlands of the savanna.

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  3. Giraffes prefer the dense woodlands of the savanna.

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  4. Giraffes are well adapted to life in the savanna.

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  5. In the savanna, competition for resources is so fierce.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tropical grassland with scattered trees:
Русский
By meaning 1
tropical grassland with scattered trees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tropical grassland with scattered trees:

Origin

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

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Forms

plural: savannas

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions:savannah

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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