Campo
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
a town in S Texas.
Contemporary Examples
Rome’s Deadly Pub Crawls Kill American College Student Barbie Latza Nadeau February 28, 2014
The Sacrificial Limbs of New Orleans Nina Strochlic March 11, 2014
Historical Examples
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte William Milligan Sloane
Loss and Gain John Henry Newman
Out on the Pampas G. A. Henty
The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions J. Smeaton Chase
The Greville Memoirs Charles C. F. Greville
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad
Under the Witches’ Moon Nathan Gallizier
The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath
noun (pl) -pos
(often pl) level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil
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