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Patagonian plains
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pampas
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context with singular or plural concord English) The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast grass-covered 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 east of the Andes extending ...
Usage examples of pampas.
We shall go through the capital of Araucania, and cut the Cordilleras by the pass of Antuco, leaving the volcano on the south, and gliding gently down the mountain sides, past the Neuquem and the Rio Colorado on to the Pampas, till we reach the Sierra Tapalquen, from whence we shall see the frontier of the province of Buenos Ayres.
No incident occurred of any importance during the 2d and 3d of November, and in the evening they reached the boundary of the Pampas, and camped for the night on the frontiers of the province of Buenos Ayres.
Were they wild beasts from the Pampas, or herds of llamas and vicunas?
But the track they were following was one little frequented by the natives, for the ordinary routes across the Pampas lie further north.
The elements were now no longer at war with the travelers, as on their journey across the Pampas -- air and water seemed in league to help them forward.
Nor had it stopped the others, most notably Damana and Pampas, from ribbing him about it.
They were, in fact, still twelve hours out from the hyper limit when Pampas pronounced the job complete.
It was absolutely impossible to make inquiries when there was no one to address, and Lord Glenarvan came to the conclusion that Captain Grant must have been dragged right over the Andes into the Pampas, and that it would be useless to search for him elsewhere.
The Major, who was a thorough judge of all the good points of a horse, was loud in admiration of this sample of the Pampas breed, and considered that, in many respects, he greatly resembled an English hunter.
He wants to rush away over the Pampas, and turn off the wolves from us by attracting them to himself.
Now or never was the moment to explain, and Paganel, seizing the chance at once, began an account of their journey across the Pampas, and ended by inquiring the reason of the Indians having deserted the country.
The ground had once more become a dead level, the last mountains of the Pampas were passed, and a long carpet of verdure unrolled itself over the monotonous prairie beneath the horses’ tread.
For it is this tree especially, among all that grow in the Pampas, that the thunder has a particular affection for.
At Cape Corrientes they encountered the terrible storm which had handled the travelers across the pampas so roughly, but the yacht had borne it bravely, and for the last three days had stood right out to sea, till the welcome signal-gun of the expedition was heard announcing the arrival of the anxiously-looked-for party.
Glenarvan wondered if the Australians were wanting in Australia, as the Indians had been wanting in the Pampas of the Argentine district.