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llano

American  
[lah-noh, yah-naw] / ˈlɑ noʊ, ˈyɑ nɔ /

noun

llanos plural
  1. an extensive grassy plain with few trees.


llano British  
/ ˈʎano, ˈlɑːnəʊ /

noun

  1. an extensive grassy treeless plain, esp in South America

"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

Etymology

Origin of llano

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

Vocabulary lists containing llano

Example Sentences

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We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Already caraque�os found llano meat in the markets at 27� a Ib.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides Fruehaufs highballing twice daily to Calabozo, Arocha had ten white-painted DC-3s flying chilled beef to the capital from distant llano towns like Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, and San Fernando de Apure.

From Time Magazine Archive

The full moon of the harvest rose in the east and bathed the llano in its light.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The llano was so quiet I could hear the drone of the grasshoppers and crickets in the grass.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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