different between savanna vs chaparral

English

Alternative forms

• savannah

Etymology

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??væn?/
• Rhymes: -æn?

Noun

savanna (countable and uncountable, plural savannas)

1. A tropical grassland with scattered trees

Derived terms

• savanna flower
• savanna sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• savanna wattle (Citharexylum spp.)
• savannization

Translations

Further reading

• savanna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Crimean Tatar

Noun

savanna

1. savanna

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Latvian

Noun

savanna f (4th declension)

1. savanna
2. savannah

Declension

English

Etymology

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /?t?æp???æl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /??æp????l/, [??æp??(?)æl], [??æp??(?)?l]
• Rhymes: -æl, -?l
• (US) Hyphenation: chap?ar?ral
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

1. (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

   Coordinate term: macchia
2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

Translations

Further reading

• chaparral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “chaparral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Spanish

Etymology

From chaparro +? -al, from Basque txaparro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??apa?ral/, [t??a.pa?ral]
• Hyphenation: cha?par?ral

Noun

chaparral m (plural chaparrales)

1. chaparral

Descendants

• ? English: chaparral

Further reading

• “chaparral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.