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Where does “pampa” come from?

pampa (Finnish) comes from Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa — flat; plain; land, floor, ground.

pampa (Finnish): pampa

Definitions

  1. pampa

Ancestry of “pampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpampapampa
2Quechuapampaflat; plain; land, floor, ground

Words derived from “pampa”

  • pampajänis
  • pampakettu
  • pampavyötiäinen
  • pampakissa
Every word from Quechua pampa →