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Plural of prairie

regular plural

The plural of prairie is prairies.

Forms of prairie

Singularprairie /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/
Pluralprairies /ˈpɹɛəɹiz/
Countablecountable

Prairies in a sentence

  • We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies.2012, Sophie B. Watson, Cadillac Couches, page 193. From the entry turtle
  • Among other regions which witnessed that land rush were the prairies of Asotin.1918, William Denison Lyman, Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, volume 1. From the entry landrush
  • The original centers of abundance of upland sandpipers were the shortgrass and mixed-grass prairies of the Great Plains.1988 May 20, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry shortgrass
  • The timber was huddling into little dense, green motts at rare distances before the inundation of the downright, vert prairies.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry mott
  • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry bossy

Meaning of prairie

  1. noun An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Full definition of prairie

Questions about the plural of prairie

What is the plural of prairie?
The plural of prairie is prairies.
Is prairie countable?
Prairie is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prairie (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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