NOUN | object | Great Plains of North America, Great Plains | a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas |
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Meaning | A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans. | |
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Synonym | Great Plains | |
Instance of | prairie | A treeless grassy plain |
Part of | North America | A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
Parts | Llano Estacado | A large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains |
dust bowl | A region subject to dust storms | |
Spanish | Grandes Llanuras, Great Plains | |
Catalan | Grans Planes |
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