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Pampa

American  
[pam-puh] / ˈpæm pə /

noun

  1. a city in N Texas.


pampa Scientific  
/ pămpə /
  1. An extensive, treeless grassland of southern South America.


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None of Pampa Clemesí's 150 residents have access to the national power grid.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

The Smokehouse Creek fire, near Mr. Homan’s ranch outside the town of Pampa, has expanded to more than one million acres and threatens to grow further this weekend with windy, dry conditions expected.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

“In this scenario, the issue will surely be litigated with an uncertain outcome,” explained Gustavo Arballo, a law professor at the La Pampa National University.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The debate intensified in September 2022 after the government approved a plan by the province of La Pampa to import 45 guanacos to its Luro reserve, which already hosts a few dozen translocated guanacos.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

It was formerly the principal key to the missionary stations of the Pampa del Sacramento, the Chanchamayo, Perenc, and Upper Ucayali.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina