Campo definition

kämpō, kăm-
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A large grassy plain in South America, with scattered bushes and small trees.
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A level, grassy plain in South America, often with scattered plants and small trees.
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Origin of campo

  • Spanish field from Latin campus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Campo Sentence Examples

  • Campo, brother-in-law of the adelantado, who first stepped ashore.

  • In the same month it was joined by the Cispadane Republic; and the terms of the treaty of Campo Formio (October 17, 1797), while fatal to the political life of Venice, awarded to this now considerable state the Venetian territories west of the river Adige.

  • Early in the year 1798 the Austrians, in pursuance of the scheme of partition agreed on at Campo Formio, entered Venice and brought to an end its era of independence which had lasted some 1100 years.

  • The surface of the plateau is generally open campo and scrubby arboreal growth called caatingas, but the streams are generally bordered with forest, especially in the deeper valleys.

  • In the square is a statue of Peace, erected in commemoration of the peace of Campo Formio (1796), which lies 5 m.

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