Meaning and background
The story behind Savannah
Savannah is both a personal name and the English term for an extensive grassy plain. The landscape word traces through Spanish sabana to Taíno, an Indigenous language of the Caribbean. There is also an important city called Savannah in Georgia, but that geographical name may have a separate historical route. The personal name’s three-syllable sound is well established in English without needing to assign it a mystical meaning.
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About Savannah
Recorded as a dog’s name
Savannah appears in 21 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/səvænə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/səvænə/ · primary stress on syllable 2S AH0 V AE1 N AH0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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