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Pampas

Pampas Meaning & Definition
Pampas Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pampas?

[n] the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pampas:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pampas: alkali flat | alluvial plain | basin | bottomland | bushveld | campo | champaign | champaign country | coastal plain | delta | desert | down | downs | fell | flat | flat country | flatland | flats | grass | grass veld | grassland | grazing | haugh | haughland | heath | lande | lea | level | llano | lowland | lowlands | lunar mare | mare | mead | meadow | meadow land | mesa | mesilla | moor | moorland | open country | pampa | park | pasturage | pasture | pasture land | peneplain | plain | plains | plateau | playa | prairie | range | salt flat | salt marsh | salt pan | savanna | sebkha | steppe | steppeland | swale | table | tableland | tree veld | tundra | upland | vega | veld | weald | wide-open spaces | wold

See Also | Argentina | Argentine Republic | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | the Argentine

Pampas In Webster's Dictionary

\Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. {Pampas cat} (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also {straw cat}. {Pampas deer} (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ({Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris}). {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.

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