savannah
pronunciation
How to pronounce savannah in British English:
UK [sə'vænə]
How to pronounce savannah in American English:
US [sə'vænə]
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- Noun:
- a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Word Origin
- savannah (n.)
- also savanna, "treeless plain," 1550s, from Spanish sabana, earlier zavana "treeless plain," from Taino (Arawakan) zabana. In U.S. use, especially in Florida, "a tract of low-lying marshy ground" (1670s).
- Savannah
- port city in U.S. state of Georgia, from savana, name applied to the Native Americans in the area by early European explorers, perhaps from a self-designation of the Shawnee Indians, or from the European topographical term (see savannah).
Example
- 1. That is worrying for those who prefer forest to savannah .
- 2. In the middle of savannah where everybody can see him .
- 3. Savannah rolled her eyes playfully .
- 4. But no committee of lions sat down and decided that the african savannah would be home .
- 5. Savannah laughed , interrupting their bickering .