llano

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a broad, nearly treeless grassy plain in Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas, especially the tropical plains of Venezuela and Colombia

   Cattle grazed across the open llano at the beginning of the rainy season.

Borrowed from Spanish llano, 'level or flat; a plain,' from Latin planus, 'flat.' In English the singular llano and plural llanos are used especially for Latin American grasslands.

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