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savannah
/səˈvænə/
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What does savannah mean?
noun
- Alternative spelling of savanna.
- A Savannah cat.
- (informal) The Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis).
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proper noun
- A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.
- A major city, the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia.
- A ghost town in Los Angeles County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Andrew County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Butler County, Nebraska.
- A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina.
- A village in Ashland County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Tennessee.
- A census-designated place in Denton County, Texas.
- A female given name transferred from the place name.
- A female given name, from the word savannah.
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IPA pronunciation
/səˈvænə/
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Two miles from Savannah there is a famous spring, the waters of which are well known to travellers.
Immediately after breakfast, the prisoners were sent on for Savannah, under a guard of a sergeant and corporal with eight men.
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Nothing now remained for the members still in Savannah, but to so arrange matters that they might leave on the first opportunity.
He dragged his prey on a fine moonlight night, across the savannah, to the foot of a ceiba* of an enormous size.
He obtained a ticket for himself and one for his slave to Savannah, the first port, which was about two hundred miles off.