llano
Americannoun
plural
llanosnoun
Etymology
Origin of llano
1605–15; < Spanish: a plain < Latin plānus plain 1
Vocabulary lists containing llano
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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South America - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021
Already caraque�os found llano meat in the markets at 27� a Ib.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides Fruehaufs highballing twice daily to Calabozo, Arocha had ten white-painted DC-3s flying chilled beef to the capital from distant llano towns like Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, and San Fernando de Apure.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the llano the cattlemen struggled to feed their herds.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
I knew that it was hard for a man of the llano to beg.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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