Etymology

savanna

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Today it means: A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. Full definition →

Spanish sabana ← Taíno sabana
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The story

  1. Taínosabana
  2. Spanishsabana
  3. English todaysavanna

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.