Campa
Definition of Campa
Campa
orCampas
1a : an Arawakan people of the upper valley of the Ucayali river in eastern Peru b : a member of such people
2 : the language of the Campa people
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Origin and Etymology of campa
Spanish, probably of American Indian origin
-campa
Definition of -campa
: caterpillar —in generic names of insects Lasiocampa Taeniocampa
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Origin and Etymology of -campa
New Latin, from Greek kampē; probably akin to Greek kampē bend, turning
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