Argentina

See also: argentina, Argentína, and Argentīna

Translingual

Argentina sphyraena

Argentina anserina

Etymology

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)

Proper noun

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.

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, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Potentilleae - tribe; Potentillinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of fish): Argentina sphyraena - type species; for other species see Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• (genus of plant): Argentina anserina - type species; for other species see Argentina (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

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English

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.d͡ʒən.ˈtiː.nə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒən.ˈti.nə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Argentina

2. A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic.

   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

Related terms

• Argentine
• Argentinean
• Argentinian

 

Translations

Argentine Republic

• Adyghe: Аргентинэ (Ārɣentină)
• Afrikaans: Argentinië
• Albanian: Argjentinë f (indefinite), Argjentina (sq) f
• Amharic: አርጀንቲና (ʾärǧäntina)
• Arabic: اَلْأَرْجَنْتِين‎ m (al-ʾarjantīn)
• Aragonese: Archentina f
• Armenian: Արգենտինա (hy) (Argentina), Արժանթին (Aržantʿin) (Western Armenian)
• Asturian: Arxentina (ast) f
• Aymara: Arxintina
• Azerbaijani: Argentina (az)
• Basque: Argentina (eu)
• Belarusian: Аргенці́на f (Arhjencína), Аргенты́на f (Arhjentýna) (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bengali: আর্জেন্টিনা (bn) (arjenṭina)
• Breton: Arc'hantina (br) ?
• Bulgarian: Арженти́на f (Aržentína)
• Burmese: အာဂျင်တီးနား (agyangti:na:)
• Catalan: Argentina (ca) f
• Cebuano: Argentina
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿根廷 (aa³ gan¹ ting⁴)

  Mandarin: 阿根廷 (zh) (Āgēntíng)

• Chuvash: Аргентина (Argentina)
• Cornish: Arghantina ?
• Czech: Argentina (cs) f
• Danish: Argentina (da) ?
• Dhivehi: އާޖެންޓީ‎ (ājen̊ṭī)
• Dutch: Argentinië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Argentino (eo)
• Estonian: Argentina (et), Argentiina (et)
• 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) (argentina)
• Hindi: अर्जेन्टीना (hi) f (arjenṭīnā)
• Hungarian: Argentína (hu)
• Hunsrik: Arschentina n
• Icelandic: Argentína (is) ?
• Ido: Arjentinia (io)
• Ilocano: Argentina
• Indonesian: Argentina (id)
• Interlingua: Argentina
• Irish: An Airgintín f
• Italian: Argentina (it)
• Japanese: アルゼンチン (ja) (Aruzenchin) (亜爾然丁 (ja) (Aruzenchin))
• Javanese: Argentina
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ (kn) (arjeṇṭīna)
• Kapampangan: Argentina
• Kazakh: Аргентина (Argentïna)
• Khmer: អាហ្សង់ទីន (km) (ʼaazɑngtiin)
• Korean: 아르헨티나 (Areuhentina)
• Kurdish: Arjantîn (ku)
• Kyrgyz: Аргентина (Argentina)
• Ladino: Arjentina f
• Lao: ອາກຊັງຕີນ (ʼāk sang tīn)
• Latin: Argentina (la) f
• Latvian: Argentīna f
• Lithuanian: Argentina (lt) f
• Low German: Argentinien (nds) ?
• Lower Sorbian: Argentinska ?

• Luxembourgish: Argentinien (lb) ?
• Macedonian: Аргенти́на (mk) f (Argentína)
• Malay: Argentina
• Malayalam: അര്‍ജന്റീന (ar‍janṟīna)
• Maltese: L-Arġentina ?
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} Yn Arjenteen f
• Maori: Āketina
• Mapudungun: Arkentina
• Marathi: अर्जेन्टीना ? (arjenṭīnā)
• Min Nan: Argentina (zh-min-nan)
• Mongolian: Аргентин (Argentin)
• Nahuatl: Arxentina
• Nauruan: Argentina (na)
• Navajo: Béésh Łigaii Bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Argentina f
• Northern Sami: Argentina
• Norwegian: Argentina (no) ?

  Nynorsk: Argentina (nn) ?

• Novial: Argentina
• Occitan: Argentina (oc) f
• Pashto: ارجنټاين‎
• Persian: آرژانتین‎ (fa) (âržântin)
• Piedmontese: Argentin-a f
• Polish: Argentyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Argentina (pt) f
• Quechua: Arxintina
• Romanian: Argentina (ro) f
• Romansch: Argentinia f
• Russian: Аргенти́на (ru) f (Argentína)
• Rusyn: Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
• Samogitian: Argentėna
• Sanskrit: अर्जन्टीना ? (arjanṭīnā)
• Scots: Argentinae
• Scottish Gaelic: An Argantain f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аргенти́на f

  Latin: Argentína (sh) f

• Sicilian: Argintina f
• Sinhalese: ආර්‍ජන්‍ටිනාව (ārjanṭināwa)
• Slovak: Argentína (sk) f
• Slovene: Argentina (sl) f
• Spanish: Argentina (es) f
• Swahili: Argentina (sw), Ajentina (sw)
• Swedish: Argentina (sv) n
• Tagalog: Arhentina (tl)
• Tajik: Аргентина (tg) (Argentina), Оржонтин (Oržontin)
• Tamil: அர்ஜென்டினா (arjeṉṭiṉā)
• Telugu: అర్జెంటీనా (te) (arjeṇṭīnā)
• Tetum: Arjentina
• Thai: อาร์เจนตินา (th) (aa-jeen-dtì-nâa)
• Tibetan: ཨར་གེན་ཐིན (ar gen thin)
• Turkish: Arjantin (tr)
• Turkmen: Argentina
• Ukrainian: Аргенти́на (uk) f (Arhentýna), Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
• Upper Sorbian: Argentinska ?
• Urdu: ارجنٹائن‎ ? (arjenṭā'in), ارجینٹینا‎ ? (arjenṭīnā)
• Uyghur: ئارگېنتىنا‎ (argëntina)
• Uzbek: Argentina (uz)
• Venetian: Argentina f
• Vietnamese: Ác-hen-ti-na
• Volapük: Largäntän (vo)
• Võro: Argentina
• Welsh: Yr Ariannin f, Gweriniaeth yr Ariannin (cy) f
• Wolof: Arsantin
• Yiddish: אַרגענטינע‎ ? (argentine)
• Yoruba: Argentina

Anagrams

• argentian, tanagrine

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾ.ʒənˈti.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ər.ʒənˈti.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾ.d͡ʒenˈti.na/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• argentí

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡɛntɪna]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinský
• Argentinec

Further reading

• Argentina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Argentina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentino
• argento

Anagrams

• arginante, inargenta, ingranate, rinnegata

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡenˈtiː.na/, [ar.ɡɛn̪ˈt̪iː.na]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/, [ar.d͡ʒɛn̪ˈt̪iː.na]

Proper noun

Argentīna f sg (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Related terms

• argentīnus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentiner
• argentinsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinar
• argentinsk

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Occitan

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentin
• Argentin

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁʒẽˈt͡ʃĩnɐ/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentino

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Romanian

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/

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

• argentinian
• argentiniană

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Argentina

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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, silver, watching it from the sea, it looked shining like silver because of the sunlight reflex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arxenˈtina/, [arxẽn̪ˈt̪ina]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ina

Proper noun

Argentina f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Usage notes

The definite article is optional when one refers to Argentina in Spanish (i.e. la Argentina).

Related terms

• argentino, argentina

Anagrams

• tangerina

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• Ajentina

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

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

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

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Uzbek

Proper noun

Argentina

1. Argentina (a country in South America)