A savanna is a transition zone between two distinct biomes, such as a forest and a grassland or a desert. The word savanna can mean any of a number of such transition biomes. However, a savanna is not a desert as it receives more rainfall.
grassland, plain, prairie, savanna
The word "desert" comes from the Latin deserere, meaning to abandon or forsake, much like the landscape of the desert forsakes wildlife and is generally abandoned.
The Sahel is the savanna (grassland) area south of the Sahara Desert in Africa.
Desert is derived from the Hebrew word desertum, meaning solitude.
'Zift' is a desert Arab word loosely meaning 'crap'.
Savanna has no meaning in Hawaiian, but you can spell it "Kawana"
No. Where I'm from, savanna is not a forbidden word.
Far north Africa - desert, in particular the Sahara; below that is the Saheel, which is a transition zone between the desert and the Savannah's. South of the Savannah you then get sub-tropical jungles and then tropical jungles of central Africa (which stretch along the equator).
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The Arabic word meaning "shore" or "edge" that borders the Sahara desert is "Maghreb." Maghreb is also used to refer to the region in North Africa that includes countries like Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The homograph of "desert" is "desert." The word can be pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable, meaning a barren landscape, or with emphasis on the second syllable, meaning to abandon or leave someone or something behind.