Argentina

[ ahr-juhn-tee-nuh; Spanish ahr-hen-tee-nah ]

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a republic in southern South America. 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). : Buenos Aires.

Argentina

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noun

a republic in southern South America: colonized by the Spanish from 1516 onwards; gained independence in 1816 and became a republic in 1852; ruled by military dictatorships for much of the 20th century; civilian rule restored in 1983; consists chiefly of subtropical plains and forests (the Chaco) in the north, temperate plains (the pampas) in the central parts, the Andes in the west, and an infertile plain extending to Tierra del Fuego in the south (Patagonia); an important meat producer. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: peso. Capital: Buenos Aires. Pop: 42 610 981 (2013 est). Area: 2 776 653 sq km (1 072 067 sq miles) Also calledthe Argentine

Argentina

Republic in southern South America , bordered by Chile to the west; Bolivia and Paraguay to the north; and Brazil , Uruguay , and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Its capital and largest city is Buenos Aires .

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Notes

Juan �ʱ��ó�� came to power in Argentina in 1946, establishing a dictatorship , and ruled with the aid of his second wife, the popular Eva �ʱ��ó�� , until he was overthrown in 1955. He was president again from 1973 to 1974, when he died.

Second-largest nation of South America, after Brazil .

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Argentina¹

From Spanish, from Italian: literally “made of silver, silver colored” (equivalent to argento “silver” + -ino adjective suffix), shortening of Terra Argentina “Land of Silver,” or Costa Argentina “Coast of Silver”; ultimately a derivative of Latin argentum “s��”; -ine ¹( def )

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Its biggest economies - Brazil and Argentina - are major exporters of soybeans and petroleum as well as, in Brazil's case, iron ore used in steel production.

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Born in Argentina, he was elected the first ever Latin American pope in 2013.

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During his papacy, Francis visited four of the five countries that border Argentina - but never his home country, despite continuing to take a keen interest in it.

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Francis cut his teeth as an authority figure in his native Argentina.

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Many Catholics had assumed the new pontiff would be a younger man - but Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was already in his seventies when he became Pope in 2013.

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