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pampean, pampæan, a.|pæmˈpiːən, ˈpæmpiːən|
[f. pampa on analogy of Hyblæan, Scyllæan, European.
The pronunciation ˈpampean is etymologically incorrect, since pampa could not give a L. pampĕus; the L. adj. would be pampān-us giving pampan, the Gr. παµπαί-ος giving pampæan, which, like Euroˈpean, might be written pamˈpean.]
Of or pertaining to the pampas.
1839Darwin Jrnl. Researches Voy. ‘Beagle’ vii. (1860) 130 In the Pampæan deposit at the Bajada. 1846― Geol. Obs. S. Amer. iv. 76 The Pampean formation is highly interesting from its vast extent, its disputed origin, and from the number of extinct gigantic mammifers embedded in it. Ibid. 77 For convenience sake, I will call..the reddish argillaceous earth, Pampean mud. 1887Amer. Naturalist XXI. 460 In the presence of various extinct forms..it agrees with the Pampean fauna of South America. 1892Hudson Nat. La Plata 4 The humid, grassy, pampean country extends..halfway from the Atlantic Ocean..to the Andes. |