Patagonia

Patagonia

See also: Patagónia and Patagônia

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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...

2. A town in Arizona

Derived terms

• Patagonian

Translations

geographical region

Catalan: Patagònia f Chinese: Mandarin: 巴塔哥尼亞／巴塔哥尼亚 (zh) (Bātǎgēníyǎ) Dutch: Patagonië (nl) Esperanto: Patagonio Finnish: Patagonia (fi) French: Patagonie (fr) f German: Patagonien (de) n Greek: Παταγονία f (Patagonía) Hungarian: Patagónia Ido: Patagonia (io) Indonesian: Patagonia Irish: An Phatagóin f Italian: Patagonia f Japanese: パタゴニア (Patagonia) Polish: Patagonia (pl) f Portuguese: Patagónia (pt) (Portugal), Patagônia (pt) (Brazil) Romanian: Patagonia f Russian: Патаго́ния f (Patagónija) Spanish: Patagonia (es) f Swedish: Patagonien (sv) Turkish: Patagonya Welsh: Patagonia f

Further reading

• Patagonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.taˈɡɔɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia

Noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia (a region of South America)

Declension

Declension of Patagonia

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

Further reading

• Patagonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Patagonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia

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Spanish

Etymology

From patagón (“Patagonian”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia

Derived terms

• ciprés de la Patagonia
• patagónico