sabana

From English savanna.

sabana (plural sabana dem, quantified sabana)

1. savanna

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Cariban/Taíno.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈβa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈba.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈba.na]

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sabana f (plural sabanes)

1. savannah

• sabaner

• “sabana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• abana

• Hyphenation: sa‧ba‧na

sabana

1. an evergreen tree, Annona muricata
2. the soursop; the fruit of this tree

sabana

1. essive singular of saba

sabana

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌰

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [saˈba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

sabana (plural sabana-sabana)

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

• “sabana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ba.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ba.na]

sabana

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sabanum

• "sabana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba.ˈna/, [sa.ba.ˈna]

sabana

1. younger sister

• sabama

From Cariban/Taíno.

• IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [saˈβ̞a.na]

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

sabana f (plural sabanas)

1. savanna

• → Portuguese: savana

• “sabana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish sabana (“savanna”), from Cariban / Taíno.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [sɐˈbaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

sabana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜈ)

1. savanna

• “sabana”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “sabana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• basaan, nabasa