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Definition of Pampas
1. Noun. The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.
Group relationships: Argentina, Argentine Republic
Definition of Pampas
1. n. pl. 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.
Definition of Pampas
1. Noun. (context: with singular or plural concord) The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pampas
1. pampa [n] - See also: pampa
Medical Definition of Pampas
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pampas
Literary usage of Pampas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"pampas Grass is grown commercially only in California. ... As a border plant,
the pampas Grass is not perfectly hardy in the North, the best substitute for ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A marked botanical feature of the pampas is a huge thistle apparently indigenous to
... In common usage pampa or the pampas is confined to a great plain in ..."
3. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"pampas, another, of the province and corregimiento of Canta in the same kingdom ;
annexed to the curacy of ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Bodenbender gives some data relative to the pampas in the east of Cordoba, which,
apart from their direct interest, throw some light on the very difficult ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Bodenbender gives some data relative to the pampas in the east of Córdoba, ...
question as to the origin of pampas, steppes, and prairies generally. ..."
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