Pampa
[pam-puh]
- a city in N Texas.
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pampas
[pam-puh z; attributively pam-puh s; Spanish pahm-pahs]
- the vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina.
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Origin of pampas
1695–1705; < American Spanish, plural of pampa < Quechua: flat, unbounded plain
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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
- (functioning as singular or more often plural)
- the extensive grassy plains of temperate South America, esp in Argentina
- (as modifier)pampas dwellers
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Word Origin
C18: from American Spanish pampa (sing), from Quechua bamba plain
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Word Origin and History for pampa
pampas
n.
"large plains of South America," 1704, from Spanish pampas, plural of pampa, from Quechua (Peru) pampa "a plain."
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pampa
[păm′pə]
- An extensive, treeless grassland of southern South America.
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