- a port in the US, in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River: port of departure of the Savannah for Liverpool (1819), the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Pop: 127 573 (2003 est)
- a river in the southeastern US, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers in NW South Carolina: flows southeast to the Atlantic. Length: 505 km (314 miles)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•van•na or sa•van•nah /səˈvænə/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -nas or -nahs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Ecology, Geographya mostly flat area of coarse grass and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics, as in E Africa:lions in the savannahs.
Sa•van•nah
(sə van′ə),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Place Namesa seaport in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River. 141,634.
- Place Namesa river flowing SE from E Georgia along most of the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina and into the Atlantic. 314 mi. (505 km) long.
sa•van•na
(sə van′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Ecology, Geographya plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, esp. on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.
- Geography, Ecologygrassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions.
- Taino zabana
- Spanish (now sabana)
- earlier zavana 1545–55
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Savannah /səˈvænə/ n
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savanna, savannah /səˈvænə/ n
- open grasslands, usually with scattered bushes or trees, characteristic of much of tropical Africa
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