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单词 savannah
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sa•van•na or sa•van•nah /səˈvænə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -nas or -nahs. 
  1. Ecology, Geographya mostly flat area of coarse grass and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics, as in E Africa:lions in the savannahs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Sa•van•nah  (sə vanə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa seaport in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River. 141,634.
  2. Place Namesa river flowing SE from E Georgia along most of the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina and into the Atlantic. 314 mi. (505 km) long.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sa•van•na  (sə vanə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Ecology, Geographya plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.
  2. Geography, Ecologygrassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions.
Also, sa•vannah. 
  • Taino zabana
  • Spanish (now sabana)
  • earlier zavana 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Savannah /səˈvænə/ n
  1. a port in the US, in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River: port of departure of the Savannah for Liverpool (1819), the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Pop: 127 573 (2003 est)
  2. a river in the southeastern US, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers in NW South Carolina: flows southeast to the Atlantic. Length: 505 km (314 miles)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
savanna, savannah /səˈvænə/ n
  1. open grasslands, usually with scattered bushes or trees, characteristic of much of tropical Africa
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish zavana, from Taino zabana
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