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steppe
(stĕp)n.
A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
[German, from Russian step'.]
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steppe
(stɛp)n
[C17: from Old Russian step lowland]
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steppe
(stɛp)n.
1. an extensive plain, esp. one without trees.
2. The Steppes, the vast grasslands in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.
[1665–75; < Russian step' or Ukrainian step]
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steppe
(stĕp) A vast, semiarid, grassy plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
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steppe
An extenive flat area of grassland, especially the semiarid plains of eastern Europe.
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Noun | 1. | steppe - extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR - a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 |
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Translations
سَهْب
step
steppe
stepa
sztyepp
gresja, steppa
stepė
stepe
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steppe
n → Steppe f
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steppe
(step) noun a dry, grassy plain, as in the south-east of Europe and in Asia.
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