also savanna, "treeless plain," 1550s, from Spanish sabana, earlier zavana "treeless plain," from Taino (Arawakan) zabana. In U.S. use, especially in Florida, "a tract of low-lying marshy ground" (1670s).
Savannah
port city in U.S. state of Georgia, from savana, name applied to the Native Americans in the area by early European explorers, perhaps from a self-designation of the Shawnee Indians, or from the European topographical term (see savannah).
雙語例句
1. Flint was, and he died of rum at Savannah.
福林特也是那種人, 結(jié)果在薩瓦納為朗姆酒送了命.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
2. She think she is lil gal back in Savannah.
她以為她還是在薩凡納的那個小女孩呢.
來自飄（部分）
3. Savannah, Charleston, Augusta, Richmond, New Orleans would never hurry.
薩凡納 、 查爾斯頓 、 奧古斯塔 、 里土滿 、 新奧爾良卻從來不是這樣.
來自飄（部分）
4. Have you met Mr. Kelso, our newest addition to Savannah?
見過薩瓦納的新成員凱爾索先生了?
來自電影對白
5. For example, in Africa a tropical rainforest may border savannah grasslands.