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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPampa
/ˈpæmpə/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A vast, treeless plain in South America, particularly in Argentina and Uruguay.
"The gauchos rode their horses across the endless expanse of the pampa." - 2
A temperate grassland biome characteristic of central South America.
"Ecologists study the unique biodiversity found within the South American pampa region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English from Spanish pampa, which ultimately derives from the Quechua word pampa, meaning 'plain' or 'field'. Historically recorded in European texts from the colonial era onwards, the term initially referred specifically to the vast, treeless plains of South America, particularly in Argentina and Uruguay, before entering broader ecological and geographical lexicon.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pampa" is said worldwide
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pampa
Transliteration: pampa
"La pampa argentine s'étend à perte de vue."
Pampa
Transliteration: Pampa
"Die argentinische Pampa ist für ihre Rinderzucht bekannt."
pampa
Transliteration: pampa
"Il vento soffia forte sulla pampa sudamericana."
pampa
Transliteration: pampa
"El gaucho recorre la pampa a caballo."
pampa
Transliteration: pampa
"Os pampas cobrem grande parte do sul do continente."
पंपास
Transliteration: pampas
"दक्षिण अमेरिका के मैदानों को पंपास कहा जाता है।"
潘帕斯草原
Transliteration: pānpàsī cǎoyuán
"阿根廷的潘帕斯草原非常辽阔。"
팜파스
Transliteration: pampaseu
"가우초들이 팜파스 초원을 가로질러 달린다."
パンパ
Transliteration: panpa
"アルゼンチンのパンパには広大な牧草地が広がっている。"
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