patana

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/ˈpætənə/

noun

A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.

OriginSanskrit पतन →
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Meanings

nounpatana (plural patanas)

plural patanas · alternative patina · alternative patena

  1. A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.

    A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.

    1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19

Origin

  1. Sanskritपतन
  2. Englishpatana

From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.

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APA

patana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patana

MLA

“patana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patana. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patana.

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