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- DictionarySa·van·nah/səˈvanə/
- 1. a port in Georgia, just south of the border with South Carolina, on the Savannah River close to its outlet on the Atlantic; population 132,410 (est. 2008).
SAVANNAH definition: 1. a large, flat area of land covered with grass, usually with few trees, that is found in hot…. Learn more.
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.
1. : a treeless plain especially in Florida. 2. a. : a tropical or subtropical grassland (as of eastern Africa or northern South America) containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth. b. : a temperate grassland with scattered trees (such as oaks)
Savannah noun (CAT) [ C ] a type of large cat with long legs and spots on its fur, developed by crossing a serval (= a type of wild cat) with a domestic cat (= one that people keep in their home) : He sold three young male Savannahs to a cat breeder, and shipped them by air in January.
Savanna definition: a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, especially on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.. See examples of SAVANNA used in a sentence.
A savanna is a grassy, usually tropical area of land. You're more likely to find a savanna in Tanzania than in Savannah, Georgia. You can spell this word savanna or savannah — either way, you're talking about a particular kind of ecosystem that's mostly covered with grass and sparsely placed trees.
savannah. noun. /səˈvænə/. /səˈvænə/. (also savanna) [countable, uncountable] a wide flat open area of land, especially in Africa, that is covered with grass but has few trees. Mount Kilimanjaro rises straight up out of the African savannah. compare veld.
An open plain of long grass, frequently with scattered drought-resistant trees, which is characteristic of certain tropical and subtropical regions with distinct wet and dry seasons (in early use esp. with reference to tropical America). Also: the grassland or vegetation of such a plain. Also figurative. 1555.
noun. a port in the US, in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River: port of departure of the Savannah for Liverpool (1819), the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Pop: 127 573 (2003 est)
savanna noun. also savannah /sə ˈvænə/. plural savannas also savannahs. Britannica Dictionary definition of SAVANNA. [count] : a large flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in Africa and South America.
