Steppes

British  

/ stɛps /

plural noun

1. the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia

2. another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

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steppes Cultural  

1. Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia.

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Example Sentences

“How am I going to cross the street?” he asked her this summer as the family drove through the Mongolian Steppes in a Russian-built van.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

“The Book of Dust” has other touchstones too: William Blake, the occult, ancient civilizations, East Asia and a eight-minute piece by Borodin called “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017

One such work was his seven-movement oratorio, Song of the Forest, a piece that celebrated the forestation of the Russian Steppes after the second world war.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2015

After 22 days of an infernal journey, they brought us to the depths of Asia, the Kirghiz Steppes.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are the Siberian Steppes I have known and traversed and loved, and long and hope to see again.

From Russian Life To-day by Bury, Right Rev. Herbert