Steppes
Britishplural noun
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the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
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another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
Example Sentences
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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
Into the vast parched plain known as the Golodnaya Steppes or "Hungry Desert" two mighty rivers will be diverted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Metchnikoff had been brought to the study of this question by what he had seen on the Steppes of Russia.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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