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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/.

the vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina.

Origin of pampas

1695–1705; < American Spanish, plural of pampa < Quechua: flat, unbounded plain
Related formspam·pe·an [pam-pee-uh n, pam-pee-uh n] /pæmˈpi ən, ˈpæm pi ən/, adjective
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Related Words for pampa

pasture, prairie, plain, steppe, savanna, field, range, llano, sward, veldt, campo, swarth

Examples from the Web for pampa

Historical Examples of pampa

  • It was towards evening, and we were journeying across the pampa.

  • He directed Pampa to live in a pond, and pass by the name of Pampasarovara.

  • One man—a- 99 - brother of Camillo—had been killed and left on the pampa.

    At Home with the Patagonians

    George Chaworth Musters

  • There is also the life of the Pampa, of which the principal feature is the Gaucho.

    Argentina

    W. A. Hirst

  • Fourthly, the Pampa, which comprises the central and best known region.

    Argentina

    W. A. Hirst

British Dictionary definitions for pampa

pampas

noun

(functioning as singular or more often plural)
  1. the extensive grassy plains of temperate South America, esp in Argentina
  2. (as modifier)pampas dwellers
Derived Formspampean (ˈpæmpɪən, pæmˈpiːən), adjective

Word Origin for pampas

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."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
pampa in Science

pampa

[păm′pə]

An extensive, treeless grassland of southern South America.
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