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Prairies

• 1 n. pl. the region of the prairie (def. 2a).

  See also: Great Plain(s)  prairie (def. 2a)  prairie-land  

  • 1776  (1901)  [The Plains, or as the French denominate them, the Prairies, or Meadows, compose an extensive tract of land or country. . . .]
  • 1852  Now the life of a Canadian settler . . . is pleasure itself compared with what must be endured in Australia, California, or the Western Prairies.
  • 1966  [Manitoba] offered . . . homesteads . . . to all who would try their luck on the empty Prairies.

• 2 n. pl. See Prairie Provinces 1952 quote.

  See also: Prairie Provinces, the  Prairie ((adj.))  

  • 1907  [Title]
  • 1958  [This is the] weather pattern for the Prairies.
  • 1965  Proponents of the plan also believe joint action would help the Prairies to counter the industrial incentives being offered by bodies like Quebec's General Investment Corp.