the pampas

noun

: large, flat, grassy areas of land in South America

cattle roaming the pampas

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After a day of hiking or horseback riding across the pampas, guests gather for hearty Chilean meals of spit-roasted lamb and chargrilled steaks and pisco sours by the fire. — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025

Its vast grasslands, the pampas, have rich soils and good rainfall. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025

Outside the city, on the broad and dusty plain of the pampas, is the landscape that provides the country its power. — Noah Gallagher Shannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022