llano
/ˈlɑːnəʊ
/ /ˈljɑːnəʊ/noun (plural llanos)
(In South America) a treeless grassy plain.To find the snakes, he wades - barefoot - in the knee-deep water of the Venezuelan llanos, the lowland savannah that is flooded each year during rainy season....
- In general, Venezuela is usually divided into four major environmental regions: the coastal zone, the Andean mountain range, the llanos, and the Guiana Highlands.
- On a July morning in the llanos, or savannas, of Venezuela, the air is muggy and thick with mosquitoes.
Origin
Spanish, from Latin planum 'plain'.
Rhymes
- haruspicy
- Harvard classification
- Harvard University
- harvest
- harvestable
- harvester
- harvester ant
- harvest festival
- harvest home
- harvestman
- harvest mite
- harvest moon
- harvest mouse
- Harvey Wallbanger
- Harvey, William
- Harwich
- Haryana
- harzburgite
- Harz Mountains
- has-been
- Hasdrubal
- hash
- hash brownie
- hash browns
- hashed browns