'Pampas' definitions:
Definition of 'pampas'
From: WordNet
noun
The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
Definition of 'Pampas'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pampas cat (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pampas'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alkali flat,
- alluvial plain,
- basin,
- bottomland,
- bushveld,
- campo,
- champaign,
- champaign country,
- coastal plain,
- delta,
- desert,
- down,
- downs,
- fell,
- flat,
- flat country,
- flatland,
- flats,
- grass,
- grass veld,
- grassland,
- grazing,
- haugh,
- haughland,
- heath,
- lande,
- lea,
- level,
- llano,
- lowland,
- lowlands,
- lunar mare,
- mare,
- mead,
- meadow,
- meadow land,
- mesa,
- mesilla,
- moor,
- moorland,
- open country,
- pampa,
- park,
- pasturage,
- pasture,
- pasture land,
- peneplain,
- plain,
- plains,
- plateau,
- playa,
- prairie,
- range,
- salt flat,
- salt marsh,
- salt pan,
- savanna,
- sebkha,
- steppe,
- steppeland,
- swale,
- table,
- tableland,
- tree veld,
- tundra,
- upland,
- vega,
- veld,
- weald,
- wide-open spaces,
- wold