STEPPE Definition & Meaning

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steppe

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noun

an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
The Steppes,
1. Also called Eurasian Steppe,. the vast grasslands stretching from Asia to Eastern Europe, bounded on the north by European and Asian Russia and Siberia.
2. Kirghiz Steppe.

steppe

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noun

often plural an extensive grassy plain usually without trees Compare prairie pampas

steppe

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A vast, semiarid grassland, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of steppe¹

First recorded in 1665–75; from Russian step' or Ukrainian step; further origin uncertain

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of steppe¹

C17: from Old Russian step lowland

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"In the frozen trenches of Donetsk region and in the burning steppes of Kherson region under shells, hail, and anti-aircraft guns - we are fighting for the right to life."

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But, “To our surprise, two individuals in the tomb had steppe ancestry”—the adult man and one of the children, a boy—Geigl explains.

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Thousands of foreign forces in air-conditioned vehicles trundled through the Sahelian steppe, trying to take out terrorist leaders.

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Bronze cauldrons were used by the inhabitants of the Mongolian steppe around 2,700 years ago to process animal blood and milk.

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As its name implies, the rhino was adapted for cold weather, thriving in the frigid mammoth steppe tundra and grazing on grasses and sedges.

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