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

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Argentina sphyraena
Argentina anserina

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Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (silvery)

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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.

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

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.d͡ʒən.ˈtiː.nə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒən.ˈti.nə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

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Argentina

  1. 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

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Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

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Argentina

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

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Etymology edit

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

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

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

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

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  • Argentina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Argentina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Argentina in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • Argentina in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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

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Argentīna f sg (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

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

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First-declension noun, singular only.

CaseSingular
NominativeArgentīna
GenitiveArgentīnae
DativeArgentīnae
AccusativeArgentīnam
AblativeArgentīnā
VocativeArgentīna

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Argentìna f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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  • Argentinos Respublika

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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

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Argentina f

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

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Etymology edit

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

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Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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

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Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtina/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

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Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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  • 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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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Etymology edit

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

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Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Argentina

  1. Argentina (a country in South America)