Large, flat areas of grassland with few or no trees, typically found in North America.
From French 'prairie,' meaning meadow or grassland, from Old French 'prerie,' derived from Latin 'pratum' (meadow). The word traveled with French fur traders to name the North American landscape.
The Great Plains prairies are so vast they once supported billions of bison and shaped Native American cultures for millennia—then cattle ranching transformed them in just 150 years!
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.