savanna means A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, savanna ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.
savanna is pronounced /səˈvænə/.
Etymology
From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.
name
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
- A city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Iowa.
noun
- A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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