llano

[ lah-noh; Spanish yah-naw ]
See synonyms for llano on Thesaurus.com
noun,plural lla·nos [lah-nohz; Spanish yah-naws]. /ˈlɑ noʊz; Spanish ˈyɑ nɔs/. (in the southwestern U.S. and Spanish America)
  1. an extensive grassy plain with few trees.

Origin of llano

1
1605–15; <Spanish: a plain <Latin plānusplain1

Words Nearby llano

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use llano in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for llano

llano

/ (ˈlɑːnəʊ, Spanish ˈʎano) /


nounplural -nos (-nəʊz, Spanish -nɔs)
  1. an extensive grassy treeless plain, esp in South America

Origin of llano

1
C17: Spanish, from Latin plānum level ground

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012