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pampas [ˈpæmpəz] n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (functioning as singular or more often plural) a. the extensive grassy plains of temperate South America, esp in Argentina b. (as modifier) pampas dwellers [from American Spanish pampa (sing), from Quechua bamba plain] pampean [ˈpæmpɪən pæmˈpiːən] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Cold from the spring the waters pass Over the waving pampas grass, All night long in dream I lie, Ah me The country was rather more hilly, but otherwise continued the same; an inhabitant of the Pampas no doubt would have considered it as truly Alpine. So that Monsoons, Pampas, Nor-Westers, Harmattans, Trades; any wind but the Levanter and Simoom, might blow Moby Dick into the devious zig-zag world-circle of the Pequod's circumnavigating wake. |
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