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• Steppes
  Steppes

  plural noun

  the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
• steppes
  steppes

  Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia.

Steppes

British  

/ stɛps /

plural noun

1. the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia

2. another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

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steppes Cultural  

1. Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia.

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Example Sentences

“How am I going to cross the street?” he asked her this summer as the family drove through the Mongolian Steppes in a Russian-built van.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2015

Into the vast parched plain known as the Golodnaya Steppes or "Hungry Desert" two mighty rivers will be diverted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pallas profited by the opportunity to undertake a new journey in the northern provinces of the empire, the Steppes of the Volga, and the countries which border the Caspian Sea as far as the Caucasus.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon