pampas
Americanplural noun
singular
pampanoun
Other Word Forms
- pampean adjective
Etymology
Origin of pampas
First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin American Spanish, plural of pampa, from Quechua: “flat, unbounded plain”
Example Sentences
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On the pampas they may have been equally valued for their relatively fatty meat.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
He pointed to a cavernous undercut that likely destabilized the bluff and noted the clusters of pampas grass, a fluffy, straw-colored weed that wedges its roots into the rocky cracks and joints.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Outside the city, on the broad and dusty plain of the pampas, is the landscape that provides the country its power.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
It was brought to Argentina's sprawling plains, or pampas, by British immigrants in the late 1800s, where it found a home alongside the South American country's iconic gaucho cowboys.
From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2022
In the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, the voyaging Charles Darwin discovered hundreds of square miles strangled by feral artichoke.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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