Patagonia

See also: Patagónia and Patagônia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæt.əˈɡəʊ.nɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæt.əˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌpæt.əˈɡoʊ.njə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊniə
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ta‧go‧ni‧a, Pa‧ta‧gon‧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...

   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 33:

     The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.

2. A town in Arizona.

Derived terms

• Patagonian

Translations

geographical region

• Bulgarian: Патаго́ния f (Patagónija)
• 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
• Georgian: პატაგონია (ṗaṭagonia)
• German: Patagonien (de) n
• Greek: Παταγονία f (Patagonía)
• Hungarian: Patagónia (hu)
• Ido: Patagonia (io)
• Indonesian: Patagonia
• Irish: An Phatagóin f
• Italian: Patagonia f
• Japanese: パタゴニア (ja) (Patagonia)
• Maori: Patakonia
• Polish: Patagonia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Patagônia (pt) f

  European: Patagónia (pt) f

• 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

Finnish

Etymology

< Spanish Patagonia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɑɡoniɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ˌɡo̞niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧ta‧go‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Pa‧ta‧go‧nia

Proper noun

Patagonia

1. Patagonia

Declension

Inflection of Patagonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Patagonia	—
genitive		Patagonian	—
partitive		Patagoniaa	—
illative		Patagoniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Patagonia	—
accusative	nom.	Patagonia	—
	gen.	Patagonian
genitive		Patagonian	—
partitive		Patagoniaa	—
inessive		Patagoniassa	—
elative		Patagoniasta	—
illative		Patagoniaan	—
adessive		Patagonialla	—
ablative		Patagonialta	—
allative		Patagonialle	—
essive		Patagoniana	—
translative		Patagoniaksi	—
abessive		Patagoniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Patagonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Patagoniani — accusative nom. Patagoniani — gen. Patagoniani genitive Patagoniani — partitive Patagoniaani — inessive Patagoniassani — elative Patagoniastani — illative Patagoniaani — adessive Patagoniallani — ablative Patagonialtani — allative Patagonialleni — essive Patagonianani — translative Patagoniakseni — abessive Patagoniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Patagoniasi — accusative nom. Patagoniasi — gen. Patagoniasi genitive Patagoniasi — partitive Patagoniaasi — inessive Patagoniassasi — elative Patagoniastasi — illative Patagoniaasi — adessive Patagoniallasi — ablative Patagonialtasi — allative Patagoniallesi — essive Patagonianasi — translative Patagoniaksesi — abessive Patagoniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Patagoniamme — accusative nom. Patagoniamme — gen. Patagoniamme genitive Patagoniamme — partitive Patagoniaamme — inessive Patagoniassamme — elative Patagoniastamme — illative Patagoniaamme — adessive Patagoniallamme — ablative Patagonialtamme — allative Patagoniallemme — essive Patagonianamme — translative Patagoniaksemme — abessive Patagoniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Patagonianne — accusative nom. Patagonianne — gen. Patagonianne genitive Patagonianne — partitive Patagoniaanne — inessive Patagoniassanne — elative Patagoniastanne — illative Patagoniaanne — adessive Patagoniallanne — ablative Patagonialtanne — allative Patagoniallenne — essive Patagoniananne — translative Patagoniaksenne — abessive Patagoniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Patagoniansa — accusative nom. Patagoniansa — gen. Patagoniansa genitive Patagoniansa — partitive Patagoniaansa — inessive Patagoniassaan Patagoniassansa — elative Patagoniastaan Patagoniastansa — illative Patagoniaansa — adessive Patagoniallaan Patagoniallansa — ablative Patagonialtaan Patagonialtansa — allative Patagonialleen Patagoniallensa — essive Patagonianaan Patagonianansa — translative Patagoniakseen Patagoniaksensa — abessive Patagoniattaan Patagoniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• patagoniandelfiini
• patagonianhaapana
• patagoniannandu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.taˈɡɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia

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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Patagonia, from Spanish Patagonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pataˈɡɔnja/

Proper noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia, a geographical region in southern South America

Derived terms

• ysgyfarnog Patagonia (“Patagonian hare”)