the-steppes

the-steppe

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Definitions of the-steppes word

noun the-steppes an extensive plain, especially one without trees. 1
noun the-steppes The Steppes, the vast grasslands, especially those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia. Kirghiz Steppe. 1

before 1665

One of the 47% oldest English words

1665-75; < Russian step' or Ukrainian step; ulterior origin uncertain

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