campo
/kˈæmpoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos."
- "[...], from the bare table-land of Mexico, and their great scarcity on the open campos of the interior of Brasil."
- "The name Serlao, meaning originally the interior as distinguished from the maritime country, has come to be applied to dry, hilly, and stony districts of the campos only suited for pasture. To the agricultural coast belt of the eastern provinces [...]"
- "The vegetation of this part of Brazil is characteristic of the campos (plains)."
- "Characteristically, the campos of Brazil show scattered woody vegetation. Open grasslands are interlarded between various types of woodland pasture in a way impossible to indicate on a small-scale map, [...]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English camp(us) Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English campo From camp(us) + -o.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: campo
Usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Countable
- Uncountable