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pampas

[pam-puhz; attributively pam-puhs; Sp. pahm-pahs]

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plural noun, singular pam·pa

[-puh; Sp. -pah] .

the vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina.

Origin:
1695–1705; < American Spanish, plural of pampa < Quechua: flat, unbounded plain

Related forms

pam·pe·an

[pam-pee-uhn, pam-pee-uhn] , adjective

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pampas (ˈpæmpəz)

—n
	(functioning as singular or more often plural)
	a. the extensive grassy plains of temperate South America, esp in Argentina
	b. (as modifier): pampas dwellers

[C18: from American Spanish pampa (sing), from Quechua bamba plain]

pampean

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

pampas

"large plains of S.America, 1704, from Sp. pampas, pl. of pampa, from Quechua (Peru) pampa "a plain."

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pampa (pām'pə) Pronunciation Key
An extensive, treeless grassland of southern South America.