Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Savannah"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.
sabana, F. savane.]
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or
reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
--Dampier.
{Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several
climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}.
{Savanna sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), an American sparrow
({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of
which several varieties are found on grassy plains from
Alaska to the Eastern United States.
{Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of
the genus {Citharexylum}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Savannah
n 1: a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah
river [syn: {Savannah}]
2: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the
Atlantic [syn: {Savannah}, {Savannah River}]
3: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions [syn: {savanna}]
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