Thesaurus results for CAMPO

campo

noun

ˈkam-(ˌ)pō

Definition of campo

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country vaqueros driving their herd of cattle across the campo

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Recent Examples of campo Indeed, Eugenio, whose large-scale figurative paintings have been exhibited across Europe, Latin America, and the US, exerts a fatherly influence across the campo. — Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025 Since 2019, Javier Farfan has been the quarterback — or, el mariscal de campo — overseeing a massive push to highlight the league-wide spectrum of Latinidad. — Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024 The campo, which forms part of the 150,000-hectare Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, is best accessed via cable car. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2023 The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo. — New York Times, 4 May 2022 Vasquez is the youngest artist in the show, and his paintings show the joy of lively gatherings in the campo (meaning rural areas or the countryside in Spanish-speaking countries and within the Latinx diaspora). — CNN, 31 Aug. 2021 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, 21 May 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for campo

Noun

The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

The fertile plains of Punjab are a world apart from the Appalachian Mountains, to which country music traces its roots.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Conversely, Florida beat up on Florida Atlantic to open the season, then scheduled an FCS beatdown as its tune-up before heading to the plains.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026

Definition of pampa

Noun

The move comes during one of the Mara’s busiest periods, when the annual wildebeest migration draws huge numbers of animals, tourists and conservation teams onto the grasslands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Junon bears the brunt of Weapons’ attacks in defense of the planet, parts of Gongaga have been flooded, and the grasslands look remarkably different from above.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
With a glorious mane of glowing purple gas and dust, the Lion Nebula sparkles on the cosmic savanna in this new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026