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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prairie/ˈpreəri/

▶noun (in North America) a large open area of grassland.

– origin C18: from Fr., from OFr. praerie, from L. pratum ‘meadow’.

'prairie' also found in these Oxford entries:

prairie chicken - prairie dog - prairie oyster - prairie schooner - Teton

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