Definition of Savannahs

1. Noun. (plural of savannah) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savannahs

1. savannah [n] - See also: savannah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savannahs

savager
savageries
savagery
savages
savagest
savaging
savagism
savagisms
savaloy
savaloys
savanilla
savanna
savannah
savannah monitor
savannah monitors
savannahs (current term)
savannas
savant
savantish
savants
savarin
savarins
savate
savates
save
save-all
save-alls
save as
save down
save face

Literary usage of Savannahs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina by South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord (1840)
"WHEREAS, many valuable tracts of land lying on the Swamp and savannahs formed by the north east branch of Stono river, cannot be seasonably cultivated for ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1900)
"In a few years the tree growth obtains complete hold of the soil and the forest gradually encroaches on the savannahs. It is true that the best timber trees ..."

3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Climate of savannahs. Interior of Eastern South Africa (Transvaal and Orange River Colony) with summer rain. Climate of the steppes. 5. ..."

4. Venezuela by Leonard Victor Dalton (1912)
"... -—Curare—savannahs—Rubber —Brazil-nuts—Wild cocoa—Mineral wealth—Water-power— Rubber prospectors—Method of working—Esmeralda—The place of flies—Mt. ..."

5. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"West India, on dry savannahs and limestone rocks. This tree furnishes part of the red ... savannahs ..."

6. Minnesota and the Far West by Laurence Oliphant (1855)
"THE savannahs. OUR voyage up the St Louis had been slow on account of the great rapidity of the current, and therefore somewhat tedious, notwithstanding the ..."

7. Journal of an Expedition 1400 Miles Up the Orinoco and 300 Up the Arauca by J. H. Robinson (1822)
"... and others purchased ;—The enemy's fire approaching, and miserable condition of the mules which fall in the rear;—Immense savannahs burning ..."

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