steppe

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia.
2. (countable, uncountable) A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain.

Synonyms

prairie

plain

veld

grassland

savannah

savanna

veldt

uninhabited place

vacant lot

grass-covered plain

bare desert

desert

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steppa

grasslands

meadow

meadows

moor

moorland

range

Translations

Steppe

steppa

estepa

steppe

estepe

steppe

bozkır

estepa

στέπα

step

pampas

pampa

páramo

سهب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɛp/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Russian: -

In summary

From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).

Sentences

The castle also protected Kyiv from the nomads of the Great Steppe .