Definition of "campo" [campo]

• A large grassy plain in South America, with scattered bushes and small trees. (noun)

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• "And he surmised that another term, "the Camp," used to describe the archipelago's barren expanses, is derived from the Spanish word "campo," for countryside."
• "Gregory, Fortunatus, and the author of the Gesta Francorum, that the battle was fought in campo Vocladensi, on the banks of the"
• "(Most of the piazzas in Venice are called campo, meaning "field" in Italian, because they were originally planted with grass and trees.)"