Cisplatina
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese, from medieval Latin cis, "on this side of/on the near side of", + platina, "Platine"; compare cis-.
Proper noun
[edit]Cisplatina
- The former Cisplatina Province or Cisplatine Province (Província Cisplatina), a province on this side of the River Plate (from the Brazilian perspective); it existed in the 1820s and was a focus of the Cisplatine War but then became part of what is now Uruguay.