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Argentina
ARGENTI'NA
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Argentina
Argentina
Translingual
Argentina (fish)
Argentina (plant)
Etymology
Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)
Proper noun
Argentina f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae – herring smelts.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.
Usage notes
- The plant genus Argentina is in flux. It is likely an immediate sister to Potentilla, in which it had been included.
Hypernyms
- (genus, fish): Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass, Teleostei - infraclass, Protacanthopterygii - superorder, Argentiniformes - order, Argentinoidei - suborder, Argentinidae - family
- (genus, plant): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Potentilleae - tribe; Potentillinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus of fish): Argentina sphyraena - type species; for other species see
Argentina (Argentinidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- (genus of plant): For species see
Argentina (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Argentina sphyraena
English
Proper noun
Argentina
- A country in South America, called officially The Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.
Coordinate terms
- (country in South America): (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of South America)
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Translations
Argentine Republic
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Italian
Proper noun
Argentina f
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Latin
Proper noun
Argentina f (genitive Argentinae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Argentina |
| genitive | Argentinae |
| dative | Argentinae |
| accusative | Argentinam |
| ablative | Argentinā |
| vocative | Argentina |
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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/
Proper noun
Argentina
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Romanian
Etymology
From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑr.dʒenˈti.na/
Proper noun
Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)
Related terms
- argentinian
- argentiniană
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arɡentǐːna/
- Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na
Proper noun
Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)
- (uncountable) Argentina
Declension
Declension of Argentina
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Argentina |
| genitive | Argentine |
| dative | Argentini |
| accusative | Argentinu |
| vocative | Argentino |
| locative | Argentini |
| instrumental | Argentinom |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾ.xenˈti.na̠]
Etymology
From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"), since first European explorers, looking for gold, silver, watchnig it from the sea, it looked shining like silver because of the sunlight reflex.
Proper noun
Argentina f
Related terms
argentina
argentina
Italian
Adjective
argentina f sg
- feminine singular of argentino
Noun
argentina f (plural argentine, masculine argentino)
- Argentinian (female)
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Latin
Adjective
argentina
- nominative feminine singular of argentinus
- nominative neuter plural of argentinus
- accusative neuter plural of argentinus
- vocative feminine singular of argentinus
- vocative neuter plural of argentinus
argentinā
- ablative feminine singular of argentinus
Portuguese
Noun
argentina f (plural argentinas)
Adjective
argentina f sg
- Feminine singular of adjective argentino.
Spanish
Adjective
argentina f sg
- feminine singular of argentino
Noun
argentina f (plural argentinas, masculine argentino)
- feminine equivalent of argentino