llanura

Spanish

Etymology

From llano. Compare Portuguese planura, Italian pianura.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ʎaˈnuɾa/ [ʎaˈnu.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈnuɾa/ [ʃaˈnu.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈnuɾa/ [ʒaˈnu.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: lla‧nu‧ra

Noun

llanura f (plural llanuras)

1. (geography) plain

   Synonym: planicie

Derived terms

• cebra de llanura
• Llanura de las Jarras

 

Further reading

• “llanura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014