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Steppes

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Steppes [stɛps]
pl n
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1. (Placename) the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in the Ukraine and Russia
2. (Placename) another name for Kyrgyz Steppe
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How fine it must be galloping over the steppes on a steppe horse
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
They resemble the steppes of Tartary more than any other known portion of Christendom; being, in fact, a vast country, incapable of sustaining a dense population, in the absence of the two great necessaries already named.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
But my heart has gone to the Tartar war, To bleak Kansuh and the steppes of snow, Calling my husband back to me.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
 
 
 
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