sabana

See also: sábana and Sabana

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

From English savanna.

Noun

sabana (plural sabana dem, quantified sabana)

1. savanna

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Cariban/Taíno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [səˈβa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈba.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈba.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [saˈβa.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sabana f (plural sabanes)

1. savannah

Derived terms

• sabaner

Further reading

• “sabana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• abana

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧ba‧na

Noun

sabana

1. an evergreen tree, Annona muricata
2. the soursop; the fruit of this tree

Estonian

Noun

sabana

1. essive singular of saba

Gothic

Romanization

sabana

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌰

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish sabana, from Taíno.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [saˈba.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

Noun

sabana (plural sabana-sabana)

1. savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)

Further reading

• “sabana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ba.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ba.na]

Noun

sabana

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sabanum

References

• "sabana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba.ˈna/, [sa.ba.ˈna]

Noun

sabana

1. younger sister

Coordinate terms

• sabama

Spanish

Etymology

From Cariban/Taíno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [saˈβ̞a.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

Noun

sabana f (plural sabanas)

1. savanna

Derived terms

• canario de sabana
• roble de sabana
• sabanear

Descendants

• → Catalan: savana
• → English: savanna
• → Portuguese: savana

Further reading

• “sabana”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sabana (“savanna”), from Cariban / Taíno.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈbana/ [sɐˈbaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: sa‧ba‧na

Noun

sabana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜈ)

1. savanna

Further reading

• “sabana”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “sabana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• basaan, nabasa