Great Plains

proper noun

The relatively flat region of United States and Canada consisting of grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south.

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PlainsPrairies
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Meanings

proper nounthe Great Plains
  1. The relatively flat region of United States and Canada consisting of grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south.

    Synonyms: Plains, Prairies

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe relatively flat region of United States and Canada consisting of grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south.

Similar
PlainsPrairies

Translations

Arabic السُّهُول الْعُظْمَى
  • السُّهُول الْعُظْمَى (as-suhūl al-ʕuẓmā)region
Chinese Mandarin 大平原
  • 大平原 (Dà Píngyuán)region
Dutch Great Plains
  • Great Plainsregion
Finnish Suuret tasangot
  • Suuret tasangotregion
French Grandes Plaines
  • Grandes Plainesregion
German Great Plains
  • Great Plainsregion
Japanese グレートプレーンズ, 北アメリカ大平原
  • グレートプレーンズ (Gurēto Purēnzu)region
  • 北アメリカ大平原region
Korean 대평원, 그레이트플레인스
  • 대평원 (Daepyeong'won)region
  • 그레이트플레인스 (Geureiteupeulleinseu)region
Russian Вели́кие равни́ны
  • Вели́кие равни́ны (Velíkije ravníny)region
Spanish Grandes Llanuras
  • Grandes Llanurasregion
Cite this entry
APA

Great Plains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Plains

MLA

“Great Plains.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Plains. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Great Plains,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Plains.

Source: Great Plains on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.