Argentina
Syllables: Ar·gen·ti·na/ɑːɹdʒənˈtiːnə/[ˌɑːd͡ʒənˈtiːnə]
Argentina proper noun: a country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.
Proper noun
Argentina
- A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.
- To dollarize its economy, Argentina would need to exchange all pesos held by its people and businesses for US dollars, and assign a dollar value to all of its assets and contracts.2023 October 23, Anna Cooban, “Javier Milei wants Argentina to swap the peso for the US dollar. Here’s what that could mean”, in CNN Business
- Synonyms:
- Argentine Confederation, Argentine Nation, Argentine Republic, United Provinces of the River Plate
Argentina meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Argentina in Hindi
- Argentine Republic
- अर्जेंटीना arjẽṭīnā
Argentina in Tamil
- Argentine Republic
- அர்ஜென்டினா arjeṉṭiṉā, அர்கெந்தீனா arkentīṉā
Argentina in Marathi
- Argentine Republic
- अर्जेंटिना arjeṇṭinā
Argentina in Urdu
- Argentine Republic
- اَرْجَنْٹائِن arjanṭāin, اَرْجَنْٹِینا arjanṭīnā
More languagesFewer languages
- Argentina in Bengali
- আর্জেন্টিনা arjenṭina
- Argentina in Telugu
- అర్జెంటీనా arjeṇṭīnā
- Argentina in Malayalam
- അർജന്റീന aṟjanṟīna
- Argentina in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಜೆಂಟೀನ arjeṇṭīna
- Argentina in Punjabi
- ਅਰਜਨਟੀਨਾ arjanṭīnā
- Argentina in Gujarati
- આર્જંટિના ārjaṇṭinā
- Argentina in Odia
- ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା ārjeṇṭinā
- Argentina in Sinhala
- ආර්ජන්ටිනාව ārjanṭināwa, ආජන්ටිනාව ājanṭināwa
- Argentina in Assamese
- আৰ্জেণ্টিনা arzentina
- Argentina in Pashto
- ارجنټاين arjanṭāyn
- Argentina in Tagalog
- Arhentina
- Argentina in Arabic
- الْأَرْجَنْتِين al-ʔarjantīn, الأرجنتين al-ʔarjantīn
- Argentina in Malay
- Argentina
- Argentina in Indonesian
- Argentina
- Argentina in Persian
- اَرْجِنْتَایْن arjintāyn, اَرْجَنْتَایْن arjantāyn, آرْژانْتین âržântin
- Argentina in Thai
- อาร์เจนตินา aa-jeen-dtì-nâa
- Argentina in Vietnamese
- Ác-hen-ti-na, Á Căn Đình
- Argentina in Myanmar
- အာဂျင်တီးနား agyangti:na:
- Dhivehi
- އާޖެންޓީ ājen̊ṭī
Synonyms of Argentina
- Argentine Confederation
- Argentine Nation
- Argentine Republic
- United Provinces of the River Plate
Origin of Argentina
From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"). Compare typologically copper (<< Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”), a semantic shift in the opposite direction).
Words formed from Argentina
Phrases with Argentina
Words that rhyme with Argentina
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nina
- semolina
- subpoena
- cantina
- falanghina
- galena
- latina
- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about Argentina
- What does Argentina mean?
- Argentina means a country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.
- What is Argentina in Hindi?
- Argentina in Hindi is अर्जेंटीना (arjẽṭīnā). See Argentina meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Argentina?
- Argentina is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Argentina?
- Argentina is pronounced /ɑːɹdʒənˈtiːnə/.
Words near Argentina in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Argentina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-Argentina.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Argentina.wav.
Cite this entry: “Argentina.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/argentina. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.