pampas
noun/ˈpæmpəs/
/ˈpæmpəs/, /ˈpæmpəz/
(usually the pampas)
[singular + singular or plural verb]- the large area of land in South America that has few trees and is covered in grass
- The novel depicts life on the Argentine pampas.
- On the other side of the mountains, the pampas stretches/stretch all the way to the ocean.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: via Spanish from Quechua pampa ‘plain’.
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