Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strong cold southwest wind that blows across the Pampas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps over the pampas of the Argentine Republic, and northeastward to the Brazilian coast, in the rear of barometric depressions.
- noun An Indian living on the pampas of South America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
violent wind from thewest orsouthwest , which sweeps over thepampas ofSouth America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Natural Hazards: Seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts.
Uruguay 2009
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Uruguayseasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
Natural hazards 2008
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Natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
Uruguay 2008
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Natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental
The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Uruguay seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Uruguay: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Uruguay seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
yarb commented on the word pampero
We met with nothing remarkable until we were in the latitude of the river La Plata. Here there are violent gales from the southwest, called Pamperos, which are very destructive to the shipping in the river, and are felt for many leagues at sea. They are usually preceded by lightning...
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 4
September 6, 2008