Buenos Aires
English
Alternative forms
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
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Proper noun
Buenos Aires
- The capital city of Argentina.
- The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region
Translations
capital of Argentina
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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.
Catalan
Proper noun
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Danish
Proper noun
Buenos Aires
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Buenos Aires n
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires')
Portuguese
Proper noun
Buenos Aires f
- Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina)
- Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)
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Swedish
Proper noun
Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)
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