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Buenos Aires

/ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛə.ɹiːz/ · name

Meaning

  1. The capital city of Argentina.
  2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region. Capital city: La Plata.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately derived from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or derived from Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

  1. bonaria(sc)→
  2. bonaria(sc)→
  3. buen ayre(an)→
  4. buen ayre(an)→
  5. Buenos Aires(Spanish)→
  6. Buenos Aires (English)
  7. Relations: bor, der, der, der, der

Related words

Buenos Aires(Spanish)buen ayre(an)bonaria(sc)ब्यूनस आयर्स(Hindi)บัวโนสไอเรส(Thai)

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