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 [pahm-pair-oh, pam-; Sp. pahm-pe-raw]  

pam·pe·ro

   [pahm-pair-oh, pam-; Sp. pahm-pe-raw]
noun, plural pam·pe·ros  [-rohz; Sp. -raws] .
a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
Origin:
1810–20; < American Spanish: literally, of the pampas
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pampero (pæmˈpɛərəʊ, Spanish pamˈpero)
 
—n , pl -ros
a dry cold wind in South America blowing across the pampas from the south or southwest
 
[C19: from American Spanish: (wind) of the pampas]

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