savanna
/səˈvænə/
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New Zealand/səˈvɛnə/
savanna noun: a mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
Noun
savanna (countable and uncountable, plural savannas)
Proper noun capitalized: Savanna
Savanna
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
- A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.
savanna meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
savanna in Hindi
- tropical grassland with scattered trees
- सवाना savānā
savanna in Tamil
- சாவன்னா புல்தரைகள், சவன்னா, வெப்பப் புல்வெளி
savanna in Bengali
- তৃণভূমি, প্রান্তর
savanna in Tagalog
- tropical grassland with scattered trees
- sabana
More languagesFewer languages
- savanna in Arabic
- سَبْسَب sabsab, سَهْل العُشْبِي sahl ʕušbiy, سَافَانَا safānā
- savanna in Indonesian
- padang rumput, sabana
- savanna in Persian
- ساوانا sâvânâ, گرمدشت garm-dašt
- savanna in Vietnamese
- xa-van
Forms of savanna
| plural | savannas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | savannah |
Origin of savanna
From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.
Words formed from savanna
- savanna flower
- savanna glider
- savanna hawk
- savanna sparrow
- savanna wattle
- savannization
- savannoid
Phrases with savanna
Words that rhyme with savanna
Questions about savanna
- What does savanna mean?
- Savanna means a mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
- What is savanna in Hindi?
- Savanna in Hindi is सवाना (savānā). See Savanna meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is savanna?
- Savanna can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce savanna?
- Savanna is pronounced /səˈvænə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of savanna?
- The plural of savanna is savannas.
Words near savanna in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: savanna (page history and authors); Savanna (page history and authors); savanna (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savanna (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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