English Explanatory Dictionary

prairie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
name
  1. Alternative form of Prairies.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
  7. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
  8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Prairie Township.
  9. A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, Queensland, Australia.
  10. A locality in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/ prârʹē /ˈpɹɛəɹi/ [ˈpɹɛɹi] en-us-prairie.ogg /ˈpɹeːɹi/ /ˈpɹeəɹi/ /ˈpɹiəɹi/ /ˈpɹeɹɪ/ /ˈpɹeɹe/ /ˈpɹɜːɹɪ/

Word forms

prairie prairies

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria.

Related words

Prairial prairillon La Prairie

Derived words

Attwater's prairie chicken California coastal prairie camas prairie Canadian Prairies coastal prairie creeping white prairie aster Dell Prairie dry-mesic prairie Eden Prairie greater prairie chicken Gunnison's prairie dog lesser prairie chicken Long Prairie Pleasant Prairie pomme de prairie syn. Psoralea esculenta) Portage la Prairie prairie alligator prairie anemone prairie apple prairie aster prairie banana prairie bean prairie berry prairie bird's-foot trefoil prairie bitters prairie bottom prairie brant prairie-breaker prairie-breaking prairie buffalo prairie burdock prairie-buster prairie button snakeroot prairie chicken dance prairie chicken Prairie City prairie climate prairie clipper prairie clover prairie coal prairie cocktail prairie cock prairie coneflower prairie conjunctivitis prairie cordgrass Prairie County prairie crab prairie crab apple prairie crabapple Prairie Cree Prairie Creek prairie crocus prairie cupgrass prairied prairie deer mouse prairie dock prairie dog prairiedom prairie dropseed
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