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‖ llano
(ˈlɑːnəʊ, Sp. ˈʎano)
[Sp.:—L. plānum plain, plane.]
A level treeless plain or steppe in the northern parts of South America. Hence Llaˈnero, llaˈnero, an inhabitant of a llano (see also quot. 1878).
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 873 Peru is divided into three parts, which they call Llanos, Sierras, and Andes... The Llanos or Plaines on the Sea-coast have ten leagues in bredth. 1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 176 The Llanos of the Orinoco, huge intertropical steppes. 1878A. H. Keane in H. W. Bates Cent. Amer. 519 (heading) American tribes and languages... Llaneros... An Apache tribe. 1885B. Harte Maruja ii, Ten leagues of the llano land. 1908Daily Chron. 27 Oct. 4/6 The llanos,..on which the llaneros live a precarious life. 1910Encycl. Brit. II. 158/2 The chief divisions of the Apaches were the Arivaipa,..Llanero, [etc.]. 1960H. S. Ferns Brit. & Argentine iii. 96 Now José Paez, the llanero, began to rally the cowboys to the side of the revolution. 1973Country Life 20 Dec. 2114 Simon Bolivar..was..one of the greatest horsemen who ever lived... His outstanding skill..enabled him to control the wild Llaneros of the coastal plains who..were the backbone of his army. |