Savannah
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Savannah or savanna
is a type of grassland.
It can also mean:
Savanna
A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
is a type of grassland.
It can also mean:
People
- Savannah KingSavannah KingSavannah King is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
, a Canadian freestyle swimmer - Savannah OutenSavannah OutenSavannah Outen is an American singer who gained popularity on YouTube. Outen began posting videos of herself singing on YouTube in March 2007 along with Angelika Vee and Esmee Denters. In 2010 she collaborated with Boyce Avenue on their sixth acoustic album, New Acoustic Sessions...
, a singer who gained popularity on You Tube - Savanna SamsonSavanna SamsonNatalie Oliveros, better known by the stage name Savanna Samson, is an American pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertainment, and is known for her roles in acclaimed adult films such as The...
, real name Natalie Oliveros, an American pornographic actress, and winner of several AVN Awards - Savannah (pornographic actress), real name Shannon Michelle Wilsey, an American pornographic actress who committed suicide
- Savannah, the ring name of wrestler Angela Marie Fong
- Savannah Phillips, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-Canadian great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
Software
- GNU SavannahGNU SavannahGNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation initiated by Loïc Dachary, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for Free Software projects. Savannah currently offers CVS, GNU arch, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, mailing list, web hosting, file...
, an aggregation of software development projects affiliated with the GNU project
Places in the USA
- Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
- Savannah RiverSavannah RiverThe Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the northernmost part of the border...
, Major river flowing through Savannah, Georgia- Port of SavannahPort of SavannahThe Port of Savannah is a major U.S. seaport located at Savannah, Georgia. Its extensive facilities for oceangoing vessels line both sides of the Savannah River approximately from the Atlantic Ocean...
, Major U.S. seaport
- Port of Savannah
- Savannah River
- Savannah, CaliforniaSavannah, CaliforniaSavannah is a former settlement in Los Angeles County, California. It was located on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad between San Gabriel and El Monte, at an elevation of 276 feet ....
- Savannah, MissouriSavannah, MissouriSavannah is a city in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,762 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Andrew County.Savannah is part of the St...
- Savannah, New YorkSavannah, New YorkSavannah is a town in the southeast portion of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,838 at the 2000 census. Savannah is west of Syracuse, New York...
- Savannah, TennesseeSavannah, TennesseeSavannah is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,917 at the 2000 census and the 2007 population estimate was 7,262. It is the county seat of Hardin County. Savannah hosted the NAIA college football national championship game from 1996-2007. Savannah is home to...
- Savanna, IllinoisSavanna, IllinoisSavanna is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,062 at the 2010 census, down from 3,542 at the 2000 census. Savanna is located along the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Plum River. Going from north to south, the second automobile bridge between Iowa and...
- Palo Alto, MississippiPalo Alto, MississippiPalo Alto is a ghost town in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. Established circa 1846, it is located at at an elevation of 279 feet ....
, also called "Savannah" - Savannah Township (disambiguation) (two places)
- Savannah Town, South CarolinaSavannah Town, South CarolinaSavannah Town, South Carolina was first observed in the 1670s as a Westo village, located on the Savannah River below the fall line in present day Aiken County. The Savannah displaced the Westos in a 1679-1680 trade war, and the town bore their name on a 1685 Joel Gascoyne Plat of the Province of...
, a historic settlement near Augusta, Georgia- Savannah River SiteSavannah River SiteThe Savannah River Site is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for...
, a nuclear facility near Aiken, South Carolina & Augusta, Georgia
- Savannah River Site
Other places
- Savanna, a private game reserve in Sabi SabiSabi SabiSabi Sabi is a private game reserve in South Africa, situated in the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve which is in the South Western section of the Kruger National Park. The Sabi Sands Park which together with some other parks make up the Greater Kruger National Park.It is a conservation area where...
, South Africa - Savanna-la-MarSavanna-la-MarSavanna-la-Mar is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.It is a coastal town and contains a fort, constructed in the 18th century for defence against pirates....
the capital of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica
Ships
, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean- USS Savannah (AOR-4), a US Navy Wichita class replenishment oiler
- NS SavannahNS SavannahNS Savannah, named for SS Savannah, was the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million, including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core, funded by United States government agencies as a demonstration project for the potential...
, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship
Entertainment and music
- Savanna (Owarai)Savanna (Owarai)Savanna are a Japanese comedy duo consisting of and . Both attended Ritsumeikan University High School and created the manzai team as a joke during their years at Ritsumeikan University, having first met in the school's judo club. They then decided to join Yoshimoto Kogyo as a professional kombi...
, a Japanese comedic duo - Blue SavannahBlue Savannah"Blue Savannah" is a song by Erasure which was issued as a single from the duo's fourth studio album Wild! in 1990. Mute Records released it in Europe as the album's third single, and Sire Records released it in the United States as the album's second single.It is a classic Erasure synth pop song...
, a song by Erasure - Savannah (TV series)Savannah (TV series)Savannah is an American prime time television drama that ran from January 21, 1996 to February 24, 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling.-Plot:...
, a television soap opera - Savannah, a character in Jay Jay the Jet PlaneJay Jay the Jet PlaneJay Jay the Jet Plane is an American CGI children's television series based at the fictional Tarrytown Airport. It has about 60 episodes and it is aimed at ages 2-6. The characters are talking airplanes, a helicopter, some humans, and two talking ground vehicles...
Other uses
- Savannah (cat)Savannah (cat)The Savannah is a domestic hybrid cat breed. It is a cross between a serval and a domestic cat. -History:...
, a breed of cat - Savannah MonitorSavannah monitorThe savanna monitor is a species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in Europe, since French scientist Louis Bosc first described the species...
, a lizard - Savanna DrySavanna DrySavanna Dry Cider is a brand of dry cider, brewed in South Africa from Granny Smith apples grown in Elgin, Western Cape. It contains 5.5% alcohol...
, a brand of cider - Siege of SavannahSiege of SavannahThe Siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint...
, a battle in the American Revolutionary War - Savanna, the Japanese market name for the Mazda RX-7Mazda RX-7Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...
car