Crossword clues for pampas
pampas
- Grassy plains of South America
- Gaucho's prairie
- Gaucho's grassland
- Where gauchos live
- Vast plains of South America
- Treeless plains of South America
- South American lowlands
- South American farming areas
- Rhea's habitat
- Plains of the Argentine
- Plains of South America
- Plains of Patagonia
- Much of Argentina
- Most of Uruguay
- It includes the Uruguayan Savanna
- Grassy plain of Argentina
- Gauchos' milieu
- Gaucho's land
- Argentinian grasslands
- Gaucho's home
- Argentine grasslands
- Argentine area
- Argentine plains
- Patagonian plains
- The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
- Gauchos roam these
- Grassy Argentine plains
- Gaucho's milieu
- Argentine terrain
- S.A. grasslands
- Grassy plains of northern Argentina
- Plain girl father initially supported
- South American plains
- Grassy plains of Argentina
- Grassy plains
- South American prairies
- Plains of Argentina
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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 from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
Pampas cat (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ( Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat.
Pampas deer (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ( Cervus campestris syn. Blastocerus campestris).
Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ( Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"large plains of South America," 1704, from Spanish pampas, plural of pampa, from Quechua (Peru) pampa "a plain."
Wiktionary
n. (context with singular or plural concord English) The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.
WordNet
n. the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
Wikipedia
The Pampas (from Quechua pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands, covering more than , that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba; most of Uruguay; and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul. These vast plains are a natural region only interrupted by the low Ventana and Tandil hills near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and , respectively.
The climate is mild, with precipitation of , more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. This area is also one of the distinct physiography provinces of the larger Paraná- Paraguay Plain division. These plains contain unique wildlife because of the different terrains around it. Some of this wildlife includes the rhea, the pampas deer, several species of armadillos, the pampas fox, the white-eared opossum, the elegant crested tinamou, and several other species.
In English Pampas usually refer to the plains around Río de la Plata. Pampas may also refer to:
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.