llano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.

noun

  1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
    “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 442

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