"pusta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʊstə/ Forms: pustas [plural], puszta [alternative]
Etymology: From Hungarian puszta. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pustъ. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hu|puszta}} Hungarian puszta, {{der|en|sla-pro|*pustъ}} Proto-Slavic *pustъ Head templates: {{en-noun}} pusta (plural pustas)
  1. A temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain; an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe. Translations (Hungarian steppe): poesta [feminine] (Dutch), pusta (Finnish), Puszta [feminine] (German), Pußta [feminine, obsolete] (German)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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