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extended family
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a family that includes in one household relatives
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cam·pe·si·no
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a native of a Latin-American rural area; especially : a Latin-American Indian farmer or farm laborer
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lat·i·fun·di·um
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: a great landed estate with primitive agriculture and labor often in a state of partial servitude
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de·for·es·ta·tion
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: the action or process of clearing of forests; also : the state of having been cleared of forests
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Ilanos
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inland areas of South America that hold vast grasslands- Ilanas is in Columbia
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Estuary
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an area where the tide meets a river current
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es·carp·ment
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a long cliff or steep slope separating two comparatively level or more gently sloping surfaces and resulting from erosion or faulting
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pam·pa
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an extensive generally grass-covered plain of temperate So. America east of the Andes
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gau·cho
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a cowboy of the So. American pampas
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al·ti·pla·no
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a high plateau or plain
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pa·tois
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a dialect other than the standard
uneducated speech the characteristic special language of an occupational or social group |
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es·tu·ary
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: a water passage where the tide meets a river current;
an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river |
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qui·pu
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a device made of a main cord with smaller varicolored cords
attached and knotted and used by the ancient Peruvians |
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con·quis·ta·dor
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one that conquers; specifically : a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
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vice·roy
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1 : the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign
2 : a showy American nymphalid butterfly closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller |
