Buenos Aires

English

Alternative forms

• Buenos Ayres (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after a title of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹeɪs/

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

1. The capital city of Argentina.
2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region

Translations

capital of Argentina

• Arabic: بْوِينُس آيْرِس m (bwīnus ʔāyris)
• Armenian: Բուենոս Այրես (hy) (Buenos Ayres)
• Belarusian: Буэ́нас-А́йрэс m (Buénas-Ájres)
• Bengali: বুয়েনোস আইরেস (buẏenōs aires)
• Bulgarian: Буе́нос А́йрес m (Buénos Ájres)
• Catalan: Buenos Aires ?
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布宜諾斯艾利斯／布宜诺斯艾利斯 (zh) (Bùyínuòsī-Àilìsī), 布宜诺斯艾利斯 (zh) (Bùyínuòsī-Aìlìsī)

• Danish: Buenos Aires ?
• Dutch: Buenos Aires (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bonaero
• Finnish: Buenos Aires (fi)
• French: Buenos Aires (fr) ?
• Georgian: ბუენოს-აირესი (buenos-airesi)
• German: Buenos Aires (de) n
• Greek: Μπουένος Άιρες (el) n (Bouénos Áires)
• Hebrew: בואנוס איירס ?
• Hindi: ब्युएनॉस एरीस ? (byuenŏs erīs)
• Italian: Buenos Aires (it) f
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• Japanese: ブエノスアイレス (Buenosuairesu)
• Korean: 부에노스 아이레스 (Buenoseu Aireseu)
• Latin: Bonaëropolis ?
• Maltese: Bwenos Ajres ?
• Marathi: बुएनोस आइरेस n (buenos āires)
• Mongolian: Буэнос-Айрес (mn) (Buenos-Ajres)
• Norman: Bouonézâr ? (Jersey)
• Persian: بوئنوس آیرس (bu'enus âyres)
• Polish: Buenos Aires (pl) n
• Portuguese: Buenos Aires (pt) f
• Russian: Буэ́нос-А́йрес (ru) m (Buénos-Ájres)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Буенос Ајрес m

  Roman: Buenos Aires (sh) m

• Spanish: Buenos Aires (es) ?
• Swedish: Buenos Aires (sv) n
• Thai: บัวโนสไอเรส (buua-nóos-ai-rées)
• Ukrainian: Буе́нос-А́йрес m (Buénos-Ájres)
• Urdu: بیونس آئرس ?
• Vietnamese: Buenos Aires
• Yiddish: בוענאָס־אײַרעס ? (buenos-ayres)

References

• John Nourse (Londres) (1764). Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea: Containing a Demonstration of the Fundamental Principles of this Art Together with All the Practical Rules of Computing a Ship's Way Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middel Latitude Founded Upon the Foregoing Principles with Many Other Useful Things Hereto Belonging to which are Added Several Necessary Tables.

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Catalan

Proper noun

1. Buenos Aires

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Danish

Proper noun

Buenos Aires

1. Buenos Aires

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Buenos Aires n

1. Buenos Aires

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯ʁəs/

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Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires')

1. Buenos Aires

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Buenos Aires f

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwe.nos ˈaj.ɾes/

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

1. Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Synonyms

• Bs. As.

Derived terms

• bonaerense

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Swedish

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)

1. Buenos Aires