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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 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 Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails. — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for pampa

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Noun

The near-death experience forces her to confront her sense of isolation out in the prairie, where life is defined by subsistence.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Founded in 1996, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve covers around 10,000 acres—a tiny fraction of the 170 million acres of prairie that once covered North America.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of prairie

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Uzbek fans have reveled in the chance to showcase their country and culture, staying behind long after the matches ended to pose for photos as steppe warriors, give away the country's ubiquitous embroidered duppy skullcaps, or just joyously dance to drums.

— Charles Maynes, NPR, 27 June 2026
Patagonia is a diverse region in southern Chile and Argentina, with glaciers, mountains and fjords to the west, stretching into steppe and desert toward the east.

— Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 12 June 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

The daily rotating menu draws from various stops along the route; that night, I was served a zesty octopus, caught in Perth and paired with chimichurri and saltbush, an herb native to arid interior plains like the ones surrounding Kalgoorlie.

— Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
But when fire conditions spike, AI algorithms will automatically recalculate the region’s electricity flow, diverting power away from fragile forest lines and routing it through safer plains or underground urban corridors.

— Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

In Oklahoma, increasing temperatures and drought have fueled a rise in grassland megafires since 2016.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
On Georgia's Jekyll Island, 52 acres of grassy terrain will be restored as a wildlife corridor, reconnecting fragmented pine and grassland habitats for shorebirds and snowbirds.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Besides rolling, open savannas and nearby waterholes—with views of the mountains beyond—the sanctuary is home to one of Africa’s largest populations of both black and white rhinos and plays a pivotal role in conservation efforts, too.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
Across the Amazon rainforest, cerrado savanna, Atlantic Forest, Pantanal wetland, Caatinga scrub and Pampa grassland, the country’s plant life seems less like one national inheritance than several botanical worlds sharing a border.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of savanna

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