llano
pronunciation
How to pronounce llano in British English:
UK ['lɑːnəʊ; 'ljɑː-]
How to pronounce llano in American English:
US ['lɑnoʊ]
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- Noun:
- an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)
Word Origin
- llano (n.)
- 1610s, American Spanish, "prairie," from Spanish llano "plain, even, level, smooth," ultimately from Latin planum "plain," from planus "smooth" (see plane (n.1)). Hence, llanero "a Latin-American cowboy" (1819), literally "plainsman."
Example
- 1. He has left the bustle of houston and moved to the ranch in llano , where he does consulting .
- 2. Plum surname goatherd drives domestic yang heye 's goat into boundless and indistinct llano together .