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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ros) Etymology: American Spanish, from pampa Date: 1818 a strong cold wind from the west or southwest that sweeps over the pampas

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) a strong cold SW wind in S. America, blowing from the Andes to the Atlantic. Etymology: Sp. (as PAMPAS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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