campo
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The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
“He’d tell me again and again, ‘They built all this on top of our campo santo,’ ” said Hernandez, 73, using the Spanish term for cemetery.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
We entered deeper into Sudan, in a big agricultural camp called a "campo."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021
One worth visiting is Palazzo Fortuny, an oft-overlooked Gothic palace tucked away on a quiet campo that was once home to the designer Mariano Fortuny.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
"In my campo we say a person has an antojo when they are taken over by un santo who wants something."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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For months, the alleys, porticoes and campos reverberated with Italian, and even with Venetian dialect.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
But scriving is proprietary and is mostly practiced in the campos — heavily gated elite communities — while the folk of the Commons, who live in poverty and danger, are left to fend for themselves.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2018
The Spaniards built haciendas, not unlike the ones that dominated the campos of “old” Mexico.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
Today, the colony supports 15,000 Mennonites who live in 54 campos, small communities of 40 or 50 families.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Paspalum, is a large tropical genus, most abundant in America, especially on the pampas and campos; many species are good forage plants, and the grain is sometimes used for food.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various