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prairie

noun

NAmE//ˈprɛri//

[countable, uncountable]

1a flat wide area of land in N. America, without many trees and originally covered with grass

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2the Prairies the Canadian provinces (= government divisions) of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

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