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prairie
noun
[ ˈprɛːri ]
• a large open area of grassland, especially in North America.
• a steam locomotive of 2-6-2 wheel arrangement.
Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum ‘meadow’.