llanura

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós

Proto-Italic *plānos

Latin plānus

Spanish llano

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Classical Latin -tūra

Latin -ūra

Spanish -ura

Spanish llanura

From llano + -ura. Compare Portuguese planura, Italian pianura.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈnuɾa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈnu.ɾa] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ʎaˈnuɾa/ [ʎaˈnu.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈnuɾa/ [ʃaˈnu.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒaˈnuɾa/ [ʒaˈnu.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: lla‧nu‧ra

Noun

llanura f (plural llanuras)

1. (geography) plain

   Synonym: planicie

Derived terms

• cebra de llanura
• Llanura de las Jarras

Further reading

• “llanura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026