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Patagonia

See also: Patagónia and Patagônia

English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese patagão and Spanish patagón (“Patagonian”) +‎ -ia.

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Patagonia

  1. A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
    • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
      CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...
    • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 33:
      The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.
  2. A town in Arizona.

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.taˈɡɔɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia

Noun

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Patagonia f

  1. Patagonia (a region of South America)

Declension

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Declension of Patagonia
singular
nominative Patagonia
genitive Patagonii
dative Patagonii
accusative Patagonię
instrumental Patagonią
locative Patagonii
vocative Patagonio

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Romanian

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Noun

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Patagonia f

  1. Patagonia

Spanish

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Etymology

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From patagón (“Patagonian”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pataˈɡonja/ [pa.t̪aˈɣ̞o.nja]
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧go‧nia

Proper noun

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Patagonia f

  1. Patagonia

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