sabana
Spanish, noun
sabana is spelled S-A-B-A-N-A (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabana is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “savanna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sábana is a different word: “sheet; bedsheet”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral…”.
What does sabana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesavanna
noun
- 1
femininesheet; bedsheet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Llanura extensa cuya vegetación predominante son las hierbas, salpicada por algún árbol, arbusto o matorral individual o en pequeños grupos.
noun: 1. Lienzo grande de algodón, lana, lino, franela o material sintético con el que se viste la cama. 2. Papel de fumar. 3. Periódico que se imprime en tamaño tabloide, de 11 x 17 pulgadas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sabana
- sabanas plural
- sábanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sabana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sabana in Spanish?
sabana appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).