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steppe

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steppe  (stp)
n.
A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.

[German, from Russian step'.]

steppe [stɛp]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (often plural) an extensive grassy plain usually without trees Compare prairie, pampas
[from Old Russian step lowland]

steppe  (stp)
A vast, semiarid grassland, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.steppesteppe - 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
champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Translations
steppe [step] N (also steppes) → estepa f

steppe [ˈstɛp] nsteppe f
stepping stone n
(lit)pierre f de gué
(fig)tremplin m
a stepping stone to sth → un tremplin vers qch
step Reebok® nstep® m

steppe
nSteppe f

steppe [stɛp] nsteppa
steppe [stɛp] nsteppa

steppe
n steppe [step]
a dry, grassy plain, as in the south-east of Europe and in Asia. steppe سَهْب степ step steppe die Steppe στέπα stepp استپ؛علفزار بي درخت aro steppe עֲרָבָה स्तेपी, घास का मैदान stepa, pusta sztyepp padang rumput gresja, steppa steppa ステップ 나무가 없는 광활한 초원, 스텝 stepė stepe padang rumput steppe steppe step estepe stepă степь step stepa stepa stäpp ที่ราบกว้างใหญ่ซึ่งไม่มีต้นไม้ bozkır, step 無樹林的平原 степ میدانی خطہ thảo nguyên


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How fine it must be galloping over the steppes on a steppe horse
In the vast steppe, bathed in sunshine, he could just see, like black specks, the nomads' tents.
He could not, any more than a man who has been looking at a tuft of steppe grass through the mist and taking it for a tree can again take it for a tree after he has once recognized it to be a tuft of grass.
 
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