Pampas

Pam·pas (p

z, päm

päs)

A vast plain of south-central South America extending for about 1,610 km (1,000 mi) from the lower Paraná River to south-central Argentina southwest of Buenos Aires.

pampas [ˈpæmpəz]

(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

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Noun

pampas - the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

Argentina, Argentine Republic - a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America

Translations

pampas [ˈpæmpəs] NPL → pampa fsing
the Pampas → la Pampa

pampas [ˈpæmpəs] n (= land) → pampa f pampas grass
pampas grass n → herbe f de la pampa

pampas

pl → Pampas pl

pampas [ˈpæmpəs] npl → pampas fpl

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Argentina
Argentine Republic
Cortaderia
Cortaderia selloana
Dolichotis
Dolichotis patagonum
Erianthus ravennae
gaucho
genus Cortaderia
genus Dolichotis
Grass
Guacho
mara
Pampas cat
Pampas deer
pampas grass
pampean
pampero
Pamperos

Cold from the spring the waters pass Over the waving pampas grass, All night long in dream I lie, Ah me

A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context

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.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

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.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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