steppe
[ step ]
/ stɛp /
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noun
an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
The Steppes,
- the vast grasslands, especially those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.
- Kirghiz Steppe.
Nearby words
Origin of steppe
1665–75; < Russian step' or Ukrainian step; ulterior origin uncertain
Can be confusedstep steppe
Definition for steppes (2 of 2)
Kirghiz Steppe
noun
a steppe in Kazakhstan.
Also called The Steppes.
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British Dictionary definitions for steppes (1 of 3)
Steppes
/ (stɛps) /
pl n the Steppes
the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
British Dictionary definitions for steppes (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for steppes (3 of 3)
steppe
/ (stɛp) /
noun
Word Origin for steppe
C17: from Old Russian step lowland
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Word Origin and History for steppes
steppe
vast treeless plain of southeastern Europe and of Asia, 1670s, from Russian *step', of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Science definitions for steppes
steppe
[ stĕp ]
A vast, semiarid grassland, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
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Culture definitions for steppes
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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