"cerrado" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cerrados [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”), from cerrar (“to shut”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|cerrado|lit=shut, thick}} Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cerrado (countable and uncountable, plural cerrados)
  1. (biogeography, uncountable) A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cerrado-en-noun-fIwAgoQE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 6 28 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 33 1 2 Topics: biogeography, biology, geography, natural-sciences
  2. (biogeography, countable, often capitalized) A region with this biome. Tags: capitalized, countable, often
    Sense id: en-cerrado-en-noun-ipTbo8Xd Topics: biogeography, biology, geography, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Cerrado

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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