llanura

Spanish

Etymology

From llano +‎ -ura. Compare Portuguese planura, Italian pianura.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʎaˈnuɾa/ [ʎaˈnu.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈnuɾa/ [ʃaˈnu.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈnuɾa/ [ʒaˈnu.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025