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campo

American  
[kam-poh, kahm-] / ˈkæm poʊ, ˈkɑm- /

noun

  • campos
    plural
  1. (in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.


campo British  
/ ˈkæmpəʊ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of campo

1605–15; < Spanish < Latin campus field


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The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2022

“He’d tell me again and again, ‘They built all this on top of our campo santo,’ ” said Hernandez, 73, using the Spanish term for cemetery.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2021

We entered deeper into Sudan, in a big agricultural camp called a "campo."

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021

One worth visiting is Palazzo Fortuny, an oft-overlooked Gothic palace tucked away on a quiet campo that was once home to the designer Mariano Fortuny.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014

He was refusing the mass for the dead and holy burial in the campo santo.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

For months, the alleys, porticoes and campos reverberated with Italian, and even with Venetian dialect.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2020

But scriving is proprietary and is mostly practiced in the campos — heavily gated elite communities — while the folk of the Commons, who live in poverty and danger, are left to fend for themselves.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2018

The Spaniards built haciendas, not unlike the ones that dominated the campos of “old” Mexico.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014

Today, the colony supports 15,000 Mennonites who live in 54 campos, small communities of 40 or 50 families.

From Time Magazine Archive

The open campos afford good pasturage, and live stock is largely exported.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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