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

NAIROBI—A Kenyan court dismissed a lawsuit by a Maasai leader who sought to demolish a Ritz-Carlton luxury safari camp, alleging it blocked a key route of the famous Serengeti migration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

He recalled donning tuxedos and carrying toy guns pretending to be James Bond on a European yacht vacation and soaring over the Serengeti in a hot air balloon during an East African safari.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

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 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