Argentina

See also: argentina, argentína, Argentína, Argentīna, Argentīnā, Argentiną, and Arġentina

Etymology

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)

Proper noun

Argentina f

A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae – herring smelts.
A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.

Usage notes

The plant genus Argentina is in flux. It is likely an immediate sister to Potentilla, in which it had been included.

Hypernyms

(genus, fish): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Protacanthopterygii - superorder; Argentiniformes - order; Argentinoidei - suborder; Argentinidae - family
(genus, plant): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae – family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Potentilleae - tribe; Potentillinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus of fish): Argentina sphyraena (argentine) - type species; Argentina silus (greater argentine) - selected other species; for other species see Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
(genus of plant): Argentina anserina (silverweed) - type species; Argentina brassii, Argentina cardotiana, Argentina commutata, Argentina contigua, Argentina curta, Argentina emodi, Argentina fallens, Argentina festiva, Argentina glabriuscula, Argentina gombalana, Argentina gorokana, Argentina gracilescens, Argentina habbemana, Argentina hooglandii, Argentina indivisa, Argentina interrupta, Argentina irianensis, Argentina kinabaluensis, Argentina leuconota, Argentina lignosa, Argentina lineata, Argentina linilaciniata, Argentina luteopilosa, Argentina mangenii, Argentina micropetala, Argentina microphylla, Argentina millefoliolata, Argentina novoguineensis, Argentina oxyodonta, Argentina pacifica (Pacific silverweed), Argentina papuana, Argentina parvula, Argentina peduncularis, Argentina phanerophlebia, Argentina philippinensis, Argentina polyphylla, Argentina polyphylloides, Argentina pycnophylla, Argentina recognita, Argentina scorpionis, Argentina sericophylla, Argentina shweliensis, Argentina simulans, Argentina smithiana, Argentina songzhuensis, Argentina stenophylla, Argentina subarctica, Argentina sumatrana, Argentina taliensis, Argentina tapetodes, Argentina tristis, Argentina tugitakensis, Argentina turfosa, Argentina victorialis, Argentina vittata, Argentina wanimboi, Argentina wenchuensis, Argentina wilhelminensis, Argentina yonoweana - other species

References

Argentina (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Argentina (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Argentina (Rosaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Argentina (fish) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Category:Argentina (Rosaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Argentina at USDA Plants database

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.d͡ʒənˈtiː.nə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Argentina

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

Coordinate terms

(country in South America): (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Translations

Argentine Republic

Adyghe: Аргентинэ (Arɣentinɛ)
Afrikaans: Argentinië
Akan: Agyentina
Albanian: Argjentinë f (indefinite), Argjentina (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: አርጀንቲና (ʾärǧäntina)
Arabic: الْأَرْجَنْتِين f (al-ʔarjantīn) (definite)
Hijazi Arabic: الأرجنتين (al-ʔarjantīn) (definite)
Aragonese: Archentina f
Armenian: Արգենտինա (hy) (Argentina), Արժանթին (Aržantʻin) (Western Armenian)
Assamese: আৰ্জেণ্টিনা (arzentina)
Asturian: Arxentina (ast) f
Aymara: Arxintina
Azerbaijani: Argentina (az)
Basque: Argentina (eu)
Belarusian: Аргенці́на f (Arhjencína), Аргенты́на f (Arhjentýna) (Taraškevica)
Bengali: আর্জেন্টিনা (bn) (arjenṭina)
Breton: Arc'hantina (br) ?
Bulgarian: Арженти́на f (Aržentína)
Burmese: အာဂျင်တီးနား (agyangti:na:)
Carpathian Rusyn: Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
Catalan: Argentina (ca) f
Cebuano: Argentina
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿根廷 (aa³ gan¹ ting⁴)

Hokkien: 阿根廷 (A-kun-têng)

Mandarin: 阿根廷 (zh) (Āgēntíng)

Wu: 阿根廷 (¹a-ken-din; ⁷aq-ken-din)
Chuvash: Аргентина (Argent̬ina)
Cornish: Arghantina ?
Corsican: Argentina f, Arghjentina f, Arghjintina f
Czech: Argentina (cs) f
Danish: Argentina (da) n
Dhivehi: އާޖެންޓީ (ājen̊ṭī)
Dutch: Argentinië (nl) n
Esperanto: Argentino (eo)
Estonian: Argentina (et), Argentiina (et)
Farefare: Arzentina
Finnish: Argentiina (fi)
French: Argentine (fr) f
Friulian: Argjentine ?
Galician: Arxentina (gl) f
Georgian: არგენტინა (ka) (argenṭina)
German: Argentinien (de) n
Greek: Αργεντινή (el) f (Argentiní)
Guaraní: Argentina
Gujarati: આર્જંટિના ? (ārjaṇṭinā)
Haitian Creole: Ajantin
Hawaiian: ʻAlekina
Hebrew: אַרְגֶּנְטִינָה (he) f (argentína)
Hindi: अर्जेन्टीना (hi) m (arjenṭīnā), अर्जेंटाइन m (arjeṇṭāin)
Hungarian: Argentína (hu)
Hunsrik: Arschentina n
Icelandic: Argentína (is) f
Ido: Arjentinia (io)
Ilocano: Argentina
Indonesian: Argentina (id)
Interlingua: Argentina
Irish: An Airgintín f
Italian: Argentina (it) f
Japanese: アルゼンチン (ja) (Aruzenchin) (亜爾然丁 (ja) (アルゼンチン, Aruzenchin))
Javanese: Argentina
Kannada: ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ (kn) (arjeṇṭīna)
Kapampangan: Argentina
Kazakh: Аргентина (kk) (Argentina)
Khmer: អាហ្សង់ទីន (km) (ʼaazɑngtiin)
Korean: 아르헨티나 (ko) (Areuhentina), 아르헨띠나 (ko) (Areuhenttina) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Arjantîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: Аргентина (ky) (Argentina)
Ladino: Arjentina f
Lao: ອາກຊັງຕີນ (ʼāk sang tīn)
Latin: Argentina (la) f
Latvian: Argentīna (lv) f
Lithuanian: Argentina (lt) f
Low German: Argentinien (nds) ?
Luxembourgish: Argentinien (lb) ?
Macedonian: Аргенти́на (mk) f (Argentína)
Malay: Argentina
Malayalam: അർജന്റീന (aṟjanṟīna)
Maltese: L-Arġentina f (definite)
Manx: ^{(please verify)} Yn Arjenteen f
Maori: Āketina
Mapudungun: Arkentina
Marathi: अर्जेन्टीना ? (arjenṭīnā)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Аргентин (Argentin)
Nahuatl: Arxentina
Nauruan: Argentina (na)
Navajo: Béésh Łigaii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Argentina f
Northern Sami: Argentina
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Argentina (no) n

Nynorsk: Argentina (nn) n
Occitan: Argentina (oc) f
Odia: ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା (ārjeṇṭinā)
Pashto: ارجنټاين m (arjanṭāyn)
Persian:
Dari: اَرْجِنْتَایْن (arjintāyn), اَرْجَنْتَایْن (arjantāyn)

Iranian Persian: آرْژانْتین (âržântin)
Piedmontese: Argentin-a f
Polish: Argentyna (pl) f
Portuguese: Argentina (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ (arjanṭīnā)
Quechua: Arxintina
Romanian: Argentina (ro) f
Romansch: Argentinia f
Russian: Аргенти́на (ru) f (Argentína)
Samogitian: Argentėna
Scots: Argenteinie, Argentinae
Scottish Gaelic: An Argantain f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Аргенти́на f

Latin: Argentína (sh) f
Sicilian: Argintina f
Sinhalese: ආර්‍ජන්‍ටිනාව (ārjanṭināwa), ආජන්ටිනාව (ājanṭināwa)
Slovak: Argentína (sk) f
Slovene: Argentina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Argentinska f

Upper Sorbian: Argentinska f
Spanish: Argentina (es) f
Sranan Tongo: Argentinia
Swahili: Argentina (sw), Ajentina (sw)
Swedish: Argentina (sv) n
Tagalog: Arhentina (tl)
Tajik: Аргентина (tg) (Argentina), Оржонтин (Oržontin)
Tamil: அர்ஜென்டினா (arjeṉṭiṉā)
Tatar: Аргентина (Argentina)
Telugu: అర్జెంటీనా (te) (arjeṇṭīnā)
Tetum: Arjentina
Thai: อาร์เจนตินา (th) (aa-jeen-dtì-nâa)
Tibetan: ཨར་གེན་ཐིན (ar gen thin)
Tigrinya: ኣርጀንቲና (ʾarǧäntina)
Turkish: Arjantin (tr)
Turkmen: Argentina
Ukrainian: Аргенти́на (uk) f (Arhentýna), Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
Urdu: اَرْجَنْٹائِن m (arjanṭāin), اَرْجَنْٹِینا m (arjanṭīnā)
Uyghur: ئارگېنتىنا (argëntina)
Uzbek: Argentina (uz)
Venetan: Argentina f
Vietnamese: Ác-hen-ti-na, Á Căn Đình (dated)
Volapük: Largäntän (vo)
Võro: Argentina
Welsh: Yr Ariannin f, Gweriniaeth yr Ariannin (cy) f
Wolof: Arsantin
Yiddish: אַרגענטינע f (argentine)
Yoruba: Ajẹntínà
Zazaki: Arcantin (diq)

Anagrams

argentian, tanagrine

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ʒənˈti.nə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.d͡ʒenˈti.na]
Audio (Valencia): (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Derived terms

argentí

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Argentina (a country in South America; official name: Argentinská republika)

Declension

More information singular, nominative ...

	singular
nominative	Argentina
genitive	Argentiny
dative	Argentině
accusative	Argentinu
vocative	Argentino
locative	Argentině
instrumental	Argentinou

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Declension of Argentina (sg-only hard feminine)

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Anagrams

argenanti, arginante, granatine, inargenta, ingranate, rinnegata

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡenˈtiː.na/, [ärɡɛn̪ˈt̪iːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/, [ärd͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iːnä]

Proper noun

Argentīna f sg (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

	singular
nominative	Argentīna
genitive	Argentīnae
dative	Argentīnae
accusative	Argentīnam
ablative	Argentīnā
vocative	Argentīna

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argentīnus

Argentina on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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

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nominative	Argentinà
genitive	Argentìnos
dative	Argentìnai
accusative	Argentìną
instrumental	Argentinà
locative	Argentìnoje
vocative	Argentìna

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^oc

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈti.nɐ/

Rhymes: -inɐ, (Brazil) -ĩnɐ
Homophone: argentina
Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na
Audio (Brazil): (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

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

Related terms

argentino

Descendants

→ Hunsrik: Arschentina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑr.dʒenˈti.na/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^sh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arɡentǐːna/
Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

More information singular, nominative ...

	singular
nominative	Argentina
genitive	Argentine
dative	Argentini
accusative	Argentinu
vocative	Argentino
locative	Argentini
instrumental	Argentinom

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From argentino (“silvery”), 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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Usage notes

The definite article is optional when one refers to Argentina in Spanish (i.e. la Argentina). It is mostly used in Argentina and Uruguay.

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Anagrams

tangerina

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^sw

Alternative forms

Ajentina

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentinsk (“Argentine”, adjective)
argentinare c (“Argentine male”)
argentinska c (“Argentine female”)

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Turkmen Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^tk

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Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:

Argentina

Wikipedia ^uz

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Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

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