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ARGENTINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines
Synonyms:
Argentina; genus Argentina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Argentina" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Argentina"):
argentine (any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes)
Holonyms ("Argentina" is a member of...):
Argentinidae; family Argentinidae (small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America
Synonyms:
Argentina; Argentine Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Argentina"):
El Libertador (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))
El Muerto (a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high))
Galan (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high))
Iguassu; Iguassu Falls; Iguazu; Iguazu Falls; Victoria Falls (a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil)
Laudo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high))
Llullaillaco (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high))
Mercedario (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high))
Nacimiento (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high))
Ojos del Salado (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high))
Parana; Parana River (a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata)
Pissis (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high))
La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)
Tupungato (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high))
Cachi (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))
Bonete (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high))
Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)
Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high))
Tierra del Fuego (an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina)
pampas (the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina)
Vicente Lopez (an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires)
Rosario (a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina)
Moron (a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires)
Cordoba; Cordova (a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613)
Buenos Aires; capital of Argentina (capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center)
Triple Frontier (the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups)
Patagonia (region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic)
Meronyms (members of "Argentina"):
Argentinian (a native or inhabitant of Argentina)
Holonyms ("Argentina" is a part of...):
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Holonyms ("Argentina" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
Derivation:
Argentinian (of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people)
Context examples:
Smoke particles from the fires ravaging Australia have traveled more than 12,000 km, crossed an ocean and a mountain range and arrived in South America, meteorological institutions confirmed, after smoke was detected in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
In Argentina, the smoke was visible to the naked eye from Patagonia, in the south of the country, to Santiago del Estero, in the north. The greatest concentrations were found at about 5,000 metres high, and therefore had no impact on surface visibility, according to the meteorological service.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
