# Argentina

Pronunciation: say "ar-juhn-TEE-nuh" US /ˌɑɹ.d͡ʒənˈti.nə/, UK /ˌɑː.d͡ʒənˈtiː.nə/

## Proper noun

1. A country in South America, officially the Argentine Republic, with its capital at Buenos Aires.
   - Simple: A large country in the southern part of South America. Its capital is Buenos Aires.
   - _Argentina shares a long western border with Chile along the Andes._
   - _The delegation flew to Argentina for talks on regional trade._

## Origin

From Latin "argentum" ("silver") combined with the feminine form of the adjective suffix "-īnus," naming it in reference to the Río de la Plata, the "silver river."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/argentina (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).