Patagonia

[ pat-uh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh ]

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noun

a tableland region of southern Argentina.
a region in S South America, in S Argentina and S Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic.

Patagonia

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noun

the southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile extending from the Andes to the Atlantic. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
an arid tableland in the southernmost part of Argentina, rising towards the Andes in the west

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Other Word Forms

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The conclusions drawn in Southern Patagonia might be replicated in Norway, Alaska, Iceland or New Zealand.

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The 34-year-old mountaineer had previously climbed in the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains.

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Editor's note: Patagonia, the publisher of The Blue Plate, is an advertiser with Grist.

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But in 2011, this species was found on the bark of trees in Patagonia, Argentina.

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On March 14, 2016, in the squid grounds off the coast of Patagonia, a rusty Chinese vessel called the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 10 was fishing illegally, several miles inside Argentine waters.

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