pantanal means A tropical wetlands region of central South America. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
pantanal is pronounced /ˈpɑntəˌnɑl/.
name
- A tropical wetlands region of central South America.“Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change.”
noun
- A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.“To the west the savannahs extend as far as the affluents of the Paraguay and Madeira. Here, as on the coast, we come again to primeval forests, the 'pantanals,' of a tropical luxuriance, which, like the forests of Hylæa, owe their peculiarities to running water. To the south of these the plains of Gran-Chaco, and the woody highland of Paraguay, alternating with open grass[…]”