A savannah is a large area of flat, grassy land, usually in Africa.
Savannah in British English
(səˈvænə)
noun
1.
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)
2.
a river in the southeastern US, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers in NW South Carolina: flows southeast to the Atlantic. Length: 505 km (314 miles)
Savannah in American English
(səˈvænə)
1.
river forming the border between Ga. & S.C., flowing southeast into the Atlantic: 314 mi (505 km)
2.
seaport in SE Ga., near the mouth of this river: pop. 132,000
Word origin
< ? a name for the Shawnees in an unidentified Amerindian language