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Argentina sphyraena
 
Argentina anserina

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)

Argentina f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae – herring smelts.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.
  • The plant genus Argentina is in flux. It is likely an immediate sister to Potentilla, in which it had been included.
 

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").

Argentina

  2. A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.
    Synonyms: Argentine Confederation, Argentine Nation, Argentine Republic, United Provinces of the River Plate

Argentine Republic

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Argentina

  1. (Amecameca, Cholula, Milpa Alta, Texcoco and Tlaxcala) Argentina (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

  • IPA(key): [ˈarɡɛntɪna]
  • Rhymes: -ɪna
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Argentina f (related adjective argentinský, demonym Argentinec, female demonym Argentinka)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Argentinská republika)
  • “Argentina”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Argentina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Argentina” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • “Argentina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

  • IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧tì‧na

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Calque of Spanish Argentina, from argentum (“silver”) + -īna.

Argentīna f sg (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Argentina (a country in South America)

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Argentīna
Genitive Argentīnae
Dative Argentīnae
Accusative Argentīnam
Ablative Argentīnā
Vocative Argentīna
 
Argentinà

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

  • IPA(key): [ɐrʲɡʲɛnʲtʲɪˈnɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Argentinà f (uncountable, related adjective argentiniẽtiškas or argentìniškas, demonym argentiniẽtis, female demonym argentiniẽtė) stress pattern 2

  1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Argentìnos Respùblika)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America; official name: República Argentina)

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata.

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)
  • IPA(key): /arɡentǐːna/
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"), since first European explorers, looking for gold and silver, thought it looked like silver because of the reflection of sunlight.

  • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtina/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.na]
  • Audio (Peru); “Argentina; capital: Buenos Aires”:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)
  • The definite article is optional when one refers to Argentina in Spanish (i.e. la Argentina). It is mostly used in Argentina and Uruguay.

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").

Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)