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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

Paddling, hiking or staying overnight at the Orlando-area’s outdoor gems showcases Florida’s unique habitats, including pine flatwoods, wetlands, hydric hammocks, scrubs, and open prairies.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of prairie

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Raw renewable energy in the windswept steppes of Inner Mongolia is now directly powering ocean-crossing cargo behemoths.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
In remote ranching outposts across the treeless plateau of Chubut province, life revolves around tending flocks on steppes and shearing sheep in sheds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, and Václav Široký The sun hangs low over the plains of Castile and León, in the north-central region of Spain.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
That means that Olympus Mons, the extinct Martian volcano that at around 16 miles (26 kilometers) above the surrounding Martian plains is the largest mountain in the solar system, may in fact be a slumbering giant.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of plain

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Every facet of India’s topography, from lush grasslands filled with antelopes to gnarled forests with tigers and evil spirits lurking around every corner, is on full display.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
Chiricahua is a combination of climates The new national park features varying environments, from a desert landscape and grasslands to deciduous forest and chaparral shrub land to coniferous forest habitats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

And Marchand learned that the savanna penetrated more deeply into the rainforest in south-central Ivory Coast.

— Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
The logic assumes the human form factor is optimal for a factory floor, but this form factor evolved to run away from lions on the African savanna!

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

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