llano
- an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
Origin of llano
Related Words for llano
pasture, prairie, plain, steppe, savanna, field, range, llano, pampas, sward, veldt, meadow, pasturage, campo, swarthExamples from the Web for llano
Historical Examples of llano
It is mid-day, as filing up the pass, they reach the higher level of the Llano.
The Lone RancheCaptain Mayne Reid
They were formed after the Tertiary rocks of the Llano were laid down.
North AmericaIsrael C. Russell
The llano had appeared to them in its grandiose majesty, and a cry of delight had burst from breasts so long oppressed by fear.
The Flying HorsemanGustave Aimard
Clouds of men from every point were sweeping across the llano toward the town.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
On the llano fugitives and pursuers mingled as one in the human wave of confusion.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
llano
- an extensive grassy treeless plain, esp in South America
Word Origin for llano
Word Origin and History for llano
1610s, American Spanish, "prairie," from Spanish llano "plain, even, level, smooth," ultimately from Latin planum "plain," from planus "smooth" (see plane (n.1)). Hence, llanero "a Latin-American cowboy" (1819), literally "plainsman."