campo

[ kam-poh, kahm- ]

/ ˈkæm poʊ, ˈkɑm- /

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noun, plural cam·pos.

(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.

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Origin of campo

1605–15; <Spanish <Latin campus field

Words nearby campo

campion, camp it up, CAM plant, Camp Lejeune, camp meeting, campo, Campobello, campodean, campodeid, Campo Formio, Campo Grande

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How to use campo in a sentence

And acts like mambo king Pupi Campo and the energetic DeCastro Sisters made Las Vegas their new home.
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On August 16, 1876, the chapel and its graveyard, Campo Santo, opened.
The Sacrificial Limbs of New Orleans|Nina Strochlic|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2010 two college-age American tourists died when someone slipped rogue narcotics into their cocktails—again at Campo dei Fiori.
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The other, the Campo de Santa Anna, is exceedingly extensive, but unfinished.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

Before 1806 the election took place with great ceremony and feasting, and sometimes fighting, in the Campo de Sta.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
The Pardo may be reached through the Casa de Campo, a gate at the extreme end of the principal drive leading into the forest.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
So far as colour is concerned, they have attained no greater success than the Campo Santo frescoes of Cornelius.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
The gipsy departed alone for the Campo Santo, since my Spanish friend was too much afraid of witchcraft to go there with her.
Carmen|Prosper Merimee

British Dictionary definitions for campo

campo

/ (ˈkæmpəʊ) /

noun plural -pos

(often plural) level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil

Word Origin for campo

American Spanish, from Latin campus

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