Great Plainsn.

Brit.

/ɡreɪt ˈpleɪnz/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈpleɪnz/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., plain n.¹

Etymology: < great adj. + the plural of plain n.¹ (see sense 1c at that entry).Earlier examples do not represent a fixed collocation, although compare the earlier attestation of Great Plains as a place name in Long Island, New York:1756 in Laws N.-Y. (1762) II. lxxxvi. 94 The Proprietors or Owners of that Part of the Great-Plains..which lies within the Township of Hampstead and Oysterbay,..are hereby permitted and allowed, to hang good easy swinging Gates on the Highways running thro' the said Plains.

With the or in attributive use. A vast expanse of prairie to the east of the Rocky Mountains in central North America, extending from Texas into southern Canada.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country

savannah1555

llano1613

vega1645

steppea1670

pampasa1672

pampas1703

prairie1773

veld1785

Great Plains1794

puszta1839

campo1863

polje1894

mudflats1947

1794 Morning Chron. 30 Sept. He then crossed the Great Plains and came to the village of the Atakapa Indians.

1796 Free-mason's Mag. Jan. 34 He continued down till he came to the north branch [of the Red River], and so continued along its banks in the great plains till he came to the Pawnee nation of Indians.

1801 Eccentric Biogr. 305 He came..from the Pawnies to the Cadom nation, who live in the Great Plains.

1898 Bot. Gaz. 25 384 The foothills along the eastern border of the Rocky mountains are an intrinsic portion of the great plains.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses viii. 158 The Rocky Mountain locust..has done..immense damage in the Great Plains region.

1988 D. Ing Chernobyl Syndrome 122 The ‘soddy’ dugouts that insulated settlers from ferocious great-plains weather.

2003 Canad. Geographic May 48/2 Across the northern Great Plains, channelization and drainage practices have greatly reduced the land's capacity to withstand and recover from drought.

Compounds

Great Plains Indian n. = Plains Indian n.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [noun]

Plains Indian1697

Great Plains Indian1903

1903 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1902 112 Dwelling group models... Skin lodges of the Great Plains Indians.

2001 Montana Winter 84 Harney served on the three major Indian peace commissions..that ultimately led to..concentrating all Great Plains Indians on reservations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great plains
释义	Great Plainsn. Brit. /ɡreɪt ˈpleɪnz/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈpleɪnz/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., plain n.¹ Etymology: < great adj. + the plural of plain n.¹ (see sense 1c at that entry).Earlier examples do not represent a fixed collocation, although compare the earlier attestation of Great Plains as a place name in Long Island, New York:1756 in Laws N.-Y. (1762) II. lxxxvi. 94 The Proprietors or Owners of that Part of the Great-Plains..which lies within the Township of Hampstead and Oysterbay,..are hereby permitted and allowed, to hang good easy swinging Gates on the Highways running thro' the said Plains. With the or in attributive use. A vast expanse of prairie to the east of the Rocky Mountains in central North America, extending from Texas into southern Canada. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country savannah1555 llano1613 vega1645 steppea1670 pampasa1672 pampas1703 prairie1773 veld1785 Great Plains1794 puszta1839 campo1863 polje1894 mudflats1947 1794 Morning Chron. 30 Sept. He then crossed the Great Plains and came to the village of the Atakapa Indians. 1796 Free-mason's Mag. Jan. 34 He continued down till he came to the north branch [of the Red River], and so continued along its banks in the great plains till he came to the Pawnee nation of Indians. 1801 Eccentric Biogr. 305 He came..from the Pawnies to the Cadom nation, who live in the Great Plains. 1898 Bot. Gaz. 25 384 The foothills along the eastern border of the Rocky mountains are an intrinsic portion of the great plains. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses viii. 158 The Rocky Mountain locust..has done..immense damage in the Great Plains region. 1988 D. Ing Chernobyl Syndrome 122 The ‘soddy’ dugouts that insulated settlers from ferocious great-plains weather. 2003 Canad. Geographic May 48/2 Across the northern Great Plains, channelization and drainage practices have greatly reduced the land's capacity to withstand and recover from drought. Compounds Great Plains Indian n. = Plains Indian n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [noun] Plains Indian1697 Great Plains Indian1903 1903 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1902 112 Dwelling group models... Skin lodges of the Great Plains Indians. 2001 Montana Winter 84 Harney served on the three major Indian peace commissions..that ultimately led to..concentrating all Great Plains Indians on reservations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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