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  • noun plural (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.

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  • noun Plural form of pampero.

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Examples

  • Very severe sudden storms known as pamperos blow frequently from the south-west.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The anchorage of Montevideo was safe, although several times they were visited by "pamperos," a scourge of the South-West, accompanied by violent tempests.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

  • Horn and pamperos off the Plate, lower topsail breezes, southerly busters, North Pacific gales, and of smashed whaleboats in the

    Chapter 6 2010

  • Natural Hazards: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes are subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    Argentina 2009

  • ArgentinaSan Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    Natural hazards 2008

  • Natural hazards: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    Argentina 2008

  • San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the Pampas and northeast; heavy flooding

    The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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