Prairie
English nature name
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Prairie Origin and Meaning
The name Prairie is a girl's name meaning "prairie".
Unspecific place name with a wonderfully wide-open, spacious, western feel; used for a character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland.
Prairie is derived from the Old French word praierie, which ultimately came from the Latin pratum, meaning "meadow".
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Prairie in Pop Culture
- Prairie DawnMuppet on "Sesame Street"
- Prairie Johnsonmain character in the TV show "The OA"
- Prairie Wheelera cool Valley Girl in Pynchon's "Vineland" (1990)
- Prairie Flowercharacter played by Native American actress Mona Darkfeather in The Vanishing Tribe (1914)
- "Little House on the Prairie"
- "A Prairie Home Companion"
- Pure Prairie Leagueband
- Prairieterm for miles of fertile rolling grassland
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