Definitions for prairieˈprɛər i
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
prai•rieˈprɛər i(n.)
an extensive, level or undulating, mostly treeless tract of land esp. in the Mississippi valley, orig. covered with coarse grasses.
Category: Geography (terms)
a tract of grassland; meadow.
Origin of prairie:
1675–85; < F: meadow < VL *prātāria= L prāt(um) meadow +-āria, fem. of -ārius -ary
Princeton's WordNet
prairie(noun)
a treeless grassy plain
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
prairie(noun)ˈprɛər i
a large area of land with few trees and covered in grasses
the prairies of the Midwest
Wiktionary
prairie(Noun)
an extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America
Origin: From prairie.
Webster Dictionary
Prairie(noun)
an extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains
Prairie(noun)
a meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Prairie
name given by the French to an extensive tract of flat or rolling land covered with tall, waving grass, mostly destitute of trees, and forming the great central plain of North America, which extends as far N. as Canada.
Translations for prairie
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
prairie(noun)
(often in plural) in North America, an area of flat, treeless, grass-covered land.
- prêrieAfrikaans
- مَرْج، أرض واسِعَه مُعْشَوْشِبَه وبِدون أشْجارArabic
- прерияBulgarian
- pradariaPortuguese (BR)
- prérieCzech
- die PrärieGerman
- prærieDanish
- λιβάδιGreek
- pradera, llanuraSpanish
- preeriaEstonian
- دشتFarsi
- preeriaFinnish
- prairieFrench
- עֲרָבָהHebrew
- प्रेयरी, वृक्षहीन घास का मैदानHindi
- prerija, stepaCroatian
- prériHungarian
- padang rumputIndonesian
- gresjaIcelandic
- prateriaItalian
- 大草原Japanese
- 대평원Korean
- prerijaLithuanian
- prērijaLatvian
- prairiMalay
- prairieDutch
- prærieNorwegian
- preriaPolish
- دشتPersian
- دښتهPashto
- pradariaPortuguese
- prerieRomanian
- прерияRussian
- prériaSlovak
- prerijaSlovenian
- prerijaSerbian
- prärieSwedish
- ทุ่งหญ้าThai
- ağaçsız geniş çayırlık ovaTurkish
- 牧場，林間小空地Chinese (Trad.)
- прерія, степUkrainian
- صرف گھاس کا بے درخت مقامUrdu
- đồng cỏVietnamese
- 牧场，林间小空地Chinese (Simp.)
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