paramon.

Brit.

/ˈparəməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌmoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish páramo.

Etymology: < Spanish páramo plateau (1142; 1535–57 with specific reference to South America) < classical Latin paramus (recorded in texts and inscriptions in Roman Iberia, modern day Spain and Portugal), further etymology uncertain (probably a loanword from a local language). Compare Portuguese paramo (16th cent.).

A high, treeless plateau in the tropical parts of South America.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau > in specific country

paramo1760

Karoo1789

park1808

causse1827

fjeld1860

highveld1873

jol1904

meseta1904

scabland1923

1760 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 2) I. 441 The most remarkable paramos, or deserts, of the kingdom of Quito.

1834 R. M. Bird Calavar I. xxi. 208 Pursuing his weary way over these mountain paramos, or deserts.

1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 653 The paramos are treeless, rolling steppes on the shoulders of the mountains.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 89/2 The Indian of the Andes..through whose rude straw hut the piercing wind of the paramos sweeps, and chills the white man to the very bone.

1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. I. 193 The Venezuelan and Columbian Paramo—a narrow zone of cold bleak terraces.

1990 Antique Collector Oct. 75 (caption) Church depicts the lush rain forest, the dry savannah, the wind-swept paramo, and the snow-capped peaks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paramo
释义	paramon. Brit. /ˈparəməʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌmoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish páramo. Etymology: < Spanish páramo plateau (1142; 1535–57 with specific reference to South America) < classical Latin paramus (recorded in texts and inscriptions in Roman Iberia, modern day Spain and Portugal), further etymology uncertain (probably a loanword from a local language). Compare Portuguese paramo (16th cent.). A high, treeless plateau in the tropical parts of South America. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau > in specific country paramo1760 Karoo1789 park1808 causse1827 fjeld1860 highveld1873 jol1904 meseta1904 scabland1923 1760 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 2) I. 441 The most remarkable paramos, or deserts, of the kingdom of Quito. 1834 R. M. Bird Calavar I. xxi. 208 Pursuing his weary way over these mountain paramos, or deserts. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 653 The paramos are treeless, rolling steppes on the shoulders of the mountains. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 89/2 The Indian of the Andes..through whose rude straw hut the piercing wind of the paramos sweeps, and chills the white man to the very bone. 1901 A. H. Keane Central & S. Amer. I. 193 The Venezuelan and Columbian Paramo—a narrow zone of cold bleak terraces. 1990 Antique Collector Oct. 75 (caption) Church depicts the lush rain forest, the dry savannah, the wind-swept paramo, and the snow-capped peaks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760
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