name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
2. 2
   A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.

Synonyms

All synonyms

alkali flatalluvial plainbasinbottomlandbushveldcampo

Example

More examples

"Tigers live in the jungle, lions in the savanna."

Etymology

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

Related phrases

savanna flowersavanna glidersavanna hawksavanna sparrowsavanna wattle

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.