pampas

== English == === Etymology === From (plural of) American Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa (“land, ground”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpampəs/ === Noun === pampas (sg or pl, plural pampas, singular (less common) pampa) The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon. 1876, Richard Napp, The Argentine Republic, written in German by Richard Napp, assisted by several fellow-writers for the Central Argentine Commission on the centenary exhibition at Philadelphia (with several Maps), page 289: […] that the pampa is above all, fit for the cereals. […] that is to say, on plains without trees analogous to our pampas, as also the maize on the savannahs which are the pampas of Louisiana, […] the soil of the pampa is "excessively fertile," and […] ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === MAPPAs, appams == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French pampa. === Noun === pampas n (uncountable) pampas ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Noun === pampas f pl plural of pampa