Pampero

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pampero \Pam*pe"ro\, n. [Sp., fr. pampa a plain.]
     A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over
     the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often
     doing great damage. --Sir W. Parish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pamperos \Pam*pe"ros\, n. pl.; sing. {Pampero}. [Sp. American.]
     (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.
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