pampas

From (plural of) American Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa (“land, ground”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpampəs/

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pampas (plural pampas)

1. The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.
   • 2024 December 10, Tom Phillips, Facundo Iglesia, quoting Lara Trump, “Maga on the River Plate as global populist right descends on Argentina”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “As Argentina rises, America rises. As we prosper, you prosper. From the pampas to the Great Plains! From Patagonia to the Palisades! From the Rockies to the Andes! We will make our nations great again!” proclaimed Trump, 42, a rising Maga star who is married to the president-elect’s son Eric.

• MAPPAs, appams

Borrowed from French pampa.

pampas n (uncountable)

1. pampas

pampas f pl

1. plural of pampa