llano

[lah-noh; Spanish yah-naw]

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noun, plural lla·nos [lah-nohz; Spanish yah-naws] /ˈlɑ noʊz; Spanish ˈyɑ nɔs/. (in the southwestern U.S. and Spanish America)

an extensive grassy plain with few trees.

Origin of llano

1605–15; < Spanish: a plain < Latin plānus plain¹

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Related Words for llano

pasture, prairie, plain, steppe, savanna, field, range, pampas, sward, veldt, meadow, pasturage, campo, swarth

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Historical Examples of llano

It is mid-day, as filing up the pass, they reach the higher level of the Llano.
The Lone Ranche
Captain Mayne Reid
They were formed after the Tertiary rocks of the Llano were laid down.
North America
Israel 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 Horseman
Gustave Aimard
Clouds of men from every point were sweeping across the llano toward the town.
The Missourian
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
On the llano fugitives and pursuers mingled as one in the human wave of confusion.
The Missourian
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

British Dictionary definitions for llano

llano

noun plural -nos (-nəʊz, Spanish -nɔs)

an extensive grassy treeless plain, esp in South America

Word Origin for llano

C17: Spanish, from Latin plānum level ground

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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."