Paramo Definition

pärə-mō, părə-
paramos
noun
Any high, barren plain in the South American tropics, esp. in the Andes.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Paramo

Noun

Singular:
paramo
Plural:
paramos

Origin of Paramo

  • American Spanish páramo from Spanish wasteland from Old Spanish from Latin paramus probably from a pre-Roman language of the Iberian Peninsula

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

  • From Spanish páramo.

    From Wiktionary

Paramo Sentence Examples

  • The general elevation of this range is lower than paramo, or range, north-east of Bogota (16,700 ft.).

  • It is an important commercial centre, being on the road which crosses the Quindio pass, or paramo, into the Cauca valley.

  • Between Cocui and the southern frontier of Colombia there are no noteworthy elevations except the so-called Paramo de Suma Paz near Bogota, the highest point of which is 14,146 ft.

  • Colombia also possesses many species of the beautiful little humming-bird, among which are the tiny Steganura Underwoodi and the sword-bill, Docimastes ensiferus, which were found by Mr Albert Millican on a bleak paramo 12,000 ft.

  • The high altitude paramo is a good place to go hiking even without ascending the slopes.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

OMOAMO

Unscrambles

paramo

Words Starting With P and Ending With O

Starts With P & Ends With OStarts With PA & Ends With OStarts With P & Ends With MO

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