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  Steppes

  plural noun

  the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
• steppes
  steppes

  Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia.

Steppes

British  

/ stɛps /

plural noun

1. the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia

2. another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

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steppes Cultural  

1. Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia.

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Example Sentences

Laboratory analysis revealed that big-game hunting has been an essential part of pastoral subsistence and culture in the Eastern Steppes for more than 3,500 years.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021

“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2015

After 22 days of an infernal journey, they brought us to the depths of Asia, the Kirghiz Steppes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hospice of St. Bernard in winter, a pass in the Austrian Tyrol, the Steppes of Russia, a Norwegian plain, all to Arthur's fancy brought the temperature, of the room down considerably.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert