llanos
- plural of llano.
Example Sentences
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In December, Colombia declared a new national park in a corner of the llanos that borders the Manacacías River.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Burning and grazing had shaped the ecosystem of the llanos for centuries.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
But in recent weeks, officials said, he had been pining to come home and listening to music from the his boyhood home in the "llanos" or plains in central Venezuela.
From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2013
The invitation was as irresistible as it was unexpected to the 18 nomadic Cuiba Indians who had been wandering the llanos, the vast prairies that stretch from the Andes to the Orinoco River.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Venezuelan llanos have a dry season in the northern winter, when the trade blows.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
