# cerrado

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #93,531

## Definitions
1. A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
2. A region with this biome.

## Etymology
From Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”), from cerrar (“to shut”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cerrado