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pampas

noun

Definition of pampasnext
plural of pampa
as in prairies
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a folktale about gauchos on the pampas

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Recent Examples of pampas 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 This involves riding on gravel tracks across pampas, past fjords, and ranchlands. — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 There, Patagonia stretches out into wide skies, windswept pampas, turquoise lakes, and towering ice fields. — Eric Sheets, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025 Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pampas
  1. prairies
  2. plains
  3. steppes
  4. grasslands
  5. savannas
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of prairies
Noun
  • The plains were a far smoother ride, and both our joints and the Jeep’s suspension settled down to coast over kilometres of unbroken grassland.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of plains
Noun
  • The two tortoises on board were, appropriately, Russian steppes tortoises, NASA has said.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Historical legacy is not destiny, and Russia’s excesses cannot be blamed solely on its ties to the political culture of the steppes.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of steppes
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 grasslands
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
  • The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
Definition of savannas

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“Pampas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pampas. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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