Serengeti

American  

[ser-uhn-get-ee] / ˌsɛr ənˈgɛt i /

noun

1. a plain in NW Tanzania, including a major wildlife reserve Serengeti National Park.

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Example Sentences

Another anti-cybercrime operation across Africa, called "Operation Serengeti 2.0" coordinated from Singapore, saw authorities arrest 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted nearly 88,000 victims.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute and ecologist Grant Hopcraft have tracked up to 50 collared wildebeest for the past two decades as they migrated through the Serengeti and Maasai Mara.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

He hired her as a secretary and soon had her helping him and his wife, Mary, dig for fossils at Olduvai Gorge, a famous site in the Serengeti Plains in what is now northern Tanzania.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

"The Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo are sources of deep wonder, the equivalent of Antarctica or the Serengeti or the Amazon," says the Australian Marine Conservation Society's Paul Gamblin.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

In those days Nebraska stood on a vast, hot plain very like the Serengeti of Africa today.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson