Pampero

History in a word. Shetland may be described as remote but in fact it has always been a central place, and the history of Shaetlan is one of constant contact with other languages. The word pampero is used in Yell to describe a violent gale. It was brought directly from the Argentinian Spanish word for the violent wind that can burst in on the Pampas in southern Latin America. The word was probably brought to Yell by returning whalers in the 19 and 20Cs.