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Prairie

//ˈpɹɛə.ɹi// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Prairies. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Prairie Township.
  3. 8
    A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, Queensland, Australia.
  4. 9
    A locality in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

    "It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by."

  2. 2
    a treeless grassy plain wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairie.

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