Meaning & use
llano
A broad, flat, grassy plain, especially one found in Spain or Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas.
See it in a sentence
The cowboys drove their cattle across the vast llano that stretched toward the distant mountains.
Few trees interrupt the llano, so the wind sweeps unbroken over the grass for miles.
A note on using this word
Llano is borrowed from Spanish and appears most often in descriptions of landscapes in Latin America or the southwestern United States.
Words with a similar meaning
plainprairie
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