Pampa
[pam-puh]
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noun
a city in N Texas.
pampas
[pam-puh z; attributively pam-puh s; Spanish pahm-pahs]
plural noun, singular pam·pa [pam-puh; Spanish pahm-pah] /ˈpæm pə; Spanish ˈpɑm pɑ/.
Origin of pampas
1695–1705; < American Spanish, plural of pampa < Quechua: flat, unbounded plain
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Related Words for pampa
pasture, prairie, plain, steppe, savanna, field, range, llano, sward, veldt, campo, swarthExamples from the Web for pampa
Historical Examples of pampa
It was towards evening, and we were journeying across the pampa.
Our Home in the Silver WestGordon Stables
He directed Pampa to live in a pond, and pass by the name of Pampasarovara.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
One man—a- 99 - brother of Camillo—had been killed and left on the pampa.
At Home with the PatagoniansGeorge Chaworth Musters
There is also the life of the Pampa, of which the principal feature is the Gaucho.
ArgentinaW. A. Hirst
Fourthly, the Pampa, which comprises the central and best known region.
ArgentinaW. A. Hirst
pampas
noun
Word Origin for pampas
C18: from American Spanish pampa (sing), from Quechua bamba plain
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pampa
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