Argentina

See also: argentina, Argentína, and Argentīna

Translingual

Argentina sphyraena

Argentina anserina

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 - 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

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) (file)
Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Argentina

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 (Aarɣeentiine)
Afrikaans: Argentinië
Akan: Agyentina
Albanian: Argjentinë f (indefinite), Argjentina (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: አርጀንቲና (ʾärǧäntina)
Arabic: الْأَرْجَنْتِين‎ f (al-ʔarjantīn)
Hijazi Arabic: الأرجنتين‎ (al-ʾarjantīn)
Aragonese: Archentina f
Armenian: Արգենտինա (hy) (Argentina), Արժանթին (Aržantʿin) (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:)
Catalan: Argentina (ca) f
Cebuano: Argentina
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿根廷 (aa³ gan¹ ting⁴)
Mandarin: 阿根廷 (zh) (Āgēntíng)
Min Nan: 阿根廷 (A-kun-têng)
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) (Aruzenchin))
Javanese: Argentina
Kannada: ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ (kn) (arjeṇṭīna)
Kapampangan: Argentina
Kazakh: Аргентина (Argentina)
Khmer: អាហ្សង់ទីន (km) (ʼaazɑngtiin)
Korean: 아르헨티나 (ko) (Areuhentina)
Kurdish:
Northern 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) ?
Luxembourgish: Argentinien (lb) ?
Macedonian: Аргенти́на (mk) f (Argentína)
Malay: Argentina
Malayalam: അർജന്റീന (aṟjanṟīna)
Maltese: L-Arġentina f
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
Oriya: ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା (arjeṇṭina)
Pashto: ارجنټاين‎ m (arjanṭāyn)
Persian: آرژانتین‎ (fa) (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)
Rusyn: Арґенти́на f (Argentýna)
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)
Slovak: Argentína (sk) f
Slovene: Argentina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Argentinska f
Upper Sorbian: Argentinska 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)
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: ارْجَنْٹائن‎ m (arjanṭā'īn), ارجنٹینا‎ m (arjanṭīnā)
Uyghur: ئارگېنتىنا‎ (argëntina)
Uzbek: Argentina (uz)
Venetian: 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

Anagrams

argentian, tanagrine

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾ.ʒənˈti.nə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ər.ʒənˈti.nə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾ.d͡ʒenˈti.na/
Audio (Valencian) (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Derived terms

argentí

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina.

Proper noun

Argentina

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

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈarɡɛntɪna]
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentinský
Argentinec

Danish

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Estonian

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Italian

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)

Related terms

argentino
argento

Anagrams

argenanti, arginante, granatine, inargenta, ingranate, rinnegata

Latin

Pronunciation

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

(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.

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

Related terms

argentīnus

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Argentìna f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Declension

declension of Argentina

nominative	Argentina
genitive	Argentinos
dative	Argentinai
accusative	Argentiną
instrumental	Argentina
locative	Argentinoje
vocative	Argentina

Synonyms

Argentinos Respublika

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentiner
argentinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentinar
argentinsk

Occitan

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentin
Argentin

Portuguese

Etymology

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/

Audio (BR) (file)
Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentina f

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentino

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/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

argentinian
argentiniană

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

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

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): /aɾxenˈtina/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.na]
Audio (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.

Related terms

argentino, argentina

Anagrams

tangerina

Swahili

Alternative forms

Ajentina

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

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)

Argentina (a country in South America)

Related terms

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

Turkmen

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Uzbek

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Argentina

Argentina (a country in South America)

Argentina

Translingual

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English

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Catalan

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Central Nahuatl

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Czech

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Danish

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Estonian

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Italian

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Latin

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Lithuanian

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Occitan

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Portuguese

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Romanian

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Serbo-Croatian

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