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pampa
Quechua · pre-1500s
"a plain"
meaning "a plain" or "flat area"
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pampas
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"vast grassy plains"
adopted from Quechua for the vast South American grasslands
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pampas
English · 1700s-1800s
"the extensive grassy plains of South America"
adopted as explorers described the South American landscape
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