campo
noun
, ˈkäm-
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Synonyms
champaign, down(s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, pampa, plain, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)
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Like many Puerto Ricans born in the campo (boondocks) or born before the 1950s, birth dates and timelines are a blurred suggestion. — Illyanna Maisonet, San Francisco Chronicle, "The quest to preserve Puerto Rican culture with food," 21 May 2018 The Cordillera Blanca, a snowy mountain range in northern Peru, has the ayudantes de campo, or field helpers, in Spanish. — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, "A Lifetime in Peru’s Glaciers, Slowly Melting Away," 26 Jan. 2018 Also involved have been the groups representing descendants and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, which runs the hospital built atop a 19th-century campo santo. — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, "Descendants will have to rebury more human remains at downtown hospital," 24 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'campo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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