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zabana
Taino · pre-1500s
"a flat, grassy plain"
named a treeless, grassy plain
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sabana
Spanish · 1530s
"a flat, treeless grassland"
adopted by Spanish explorers to describe similar grasslands across the Americas
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savanna
English · 1550s
"a flat grassland with scattered trees, typically in tropical regions"
anglicized from Spanish descriptions of New World landscapes
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