campo

[ kam-poh, kahm- ]

noun

, plural cam·pos.

1. (in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.

campo

/ ˈkæmpəʊ /

noun

1. often plural level or undulating savanna country, esp in the uplands of Brazil

Word History and Origins

Origin of campo¹

1605–15; < Spanish < Latin campus field

Word History and Origins

Origin of campo¹

American Spanish, from Latin campus

Example Sentences

And acts like mambo king Pupi Campo and the energetic DeCastro Sisters made Las Vegas their new home.

From The Daily Beast

On August 16, 1876, the chapel and its graveyard, Campo Santo, opened.

From The Daily Beast

In 2010 two college-age American tourists died when someone slipped rogue narcotics into their cocktails—again at Campo dei Fiori.

From The Daily Beast

The other, the Campo de Santa Anna, is exceedingly extensive, but unfinished.

From Project Gutenberg

Before 1806 the election took place with great ceremony and feasting, and sometimes fighting, in the Campo de Sta.

From Project Gutenberg

The Pardo may be reached through the Casa de Campo, a gate at the extreme end of the principal drive leading into the forest.

From Project Gutenberg

So far as colour is concerned, they have attained no greater success than the Campo Santo frescoes of Cornelius.

From Project Gutenberg

The gipsy departed alone for the Campo Santo, since my Spanish friend was too much afraid of witchcraft to go there with her.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• pasture
• plain
• prairie
• savanna
• steppe