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pampa

noun

ˈpam-pə

Definition of pampa

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a folktale about gauchos on the pampas

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Recent Examples of pampa The earthy palette of browns, pampa greens, and guanaco beiges further enhances the collection’s life-in-the-great-outdoors vibe, only occasionally countered with pops of vivid blue and black. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025 Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024 Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pampa

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Noun

The show features the prairie and gardens of the museum and growers of historic varieties of produce.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
In place of herds of bison thundering across the prairie, there were piles of bones a story high and as much as a hundred feet long.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of prairie

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The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppe

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The urban-wildland interface — where human development intermingles with wild places such as scrublands, grasslands and forests — is the fastest-growing land-use type in the United States.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Swim, canoe, geocache, and bird-watch among Bastrop State Park’s mosaic of pines, oaks, shrubs, and grasslands, which are punctuated by a carpet of bluebonnets each spring.

— Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 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

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