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pampa

noun pam·pa \ ˈpam-pə , ˈpäm- \

Definition of pampa

plural pampas play \ˈpam-pəz, -pəs, ˈpäm-\

:an extensive generally grass-covered plain of temperate South America east of the Andes :prairie

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Examples of pampa in a Sentence

a folktale about gauchos on the pampas

Origin and Etymology of pampa

American Spanish, from Quechua

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First Known Use: 1674

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pampa Synonyms

Synonyms

campo, champaign, down (s), grassland, heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, plain, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt)

Related Words

field, meadow; floodplain; bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland; plateau, table, tableland, upland

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