grassland

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noun

An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

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Meanings

grassland1

noungrassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)

plural grasslands

  1. countableuncountableAn area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

    Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.

    2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33

Grassland2

proper noun
  1. A hamlet in Athabasca County, Alberta, Canada.
  2. A rural municipality (the Municipality of Grassland) in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lynn County, Texas, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
plain

Origin

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

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Translations

Arabic مَرْعَى
  • مَرْعَى (marʕā)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Catalan prada
  • pradaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Chinese Mandarin 草原, 草地
  • 草原 (cǎoyuán)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • 草地 (cǎodì)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Danish græsland
  • græslandan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Dutch grasland
  • graslandan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Finnish ruohomaa, ruohotasanko
  • ruohomaaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • ruohotasankoan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
French prairie
  • prairiean area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
German Grasland
  • Graslandan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Hindi घासभूमि
  • घासभूमि (ghāsbhūmi)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Irish talamh féaraigh
  • talamh féaraighan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Italian prateria
  • prateriaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Japanese 草原, 草原
  • 草原 (sōgen)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • 草原an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Korean 초원
  • 초원 (chowon)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Māori raorao, pākihi
  • raoraoan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • pākihian area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • tahoraan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Polish łąka
  • łąkaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Portuguese pradaria
  • pradariaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Russian луг, сава́нна
  • луг (lug)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • сава́нна (savánna)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Spanish pradera, herbazal
  • praderaan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • herbazalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • pastizalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • pastalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • yerbazalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • hierbazalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • pajonalan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Thai ทุ่งหญ้า
  • ทุ่งหญ้า (tûng-yâa)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Ukrainian лука́, луг
  • лука́ (luká)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • луг (luh)an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Vietnamese đồng cỏ, thảo nguyên
  • đồng cỏan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
  • thảo nguyênan area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Welsh glaswelltir
  • glaswelltiran area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
Cite this entry
APA

grassland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassland

MLA

“grassland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassland. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grassland,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassland.

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