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La Plata

La Plata proper noun: the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.

Proper noun

La Plata

  1. The capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.
    • In this way, President Peron terminus in Buenos Aires becomes Retiro once again, the city of Eva Peron takes its old name of La Plata, and so on.1955 December, “Notes and News: Old Names Restored in Argentina”, in Railway Magazine, page 878
  2. A town and municipality of Huila Department, Colombia.
  3. A town, the county seat of Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A small city in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A ghost town in Cache County, Utah, United States.
  6. A river in Colorado, United States; in full, the La Plata River.

Origin of La Plata

From Spanish La Plata.

Words formed from La Plata

Questions about La Plata

What does La Plata mean?
La Plata means the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.
What part of speech is La Plata?
La Plata is a proper noun.

Words near La Plata in the dictionary

  1. La Paz East
  2. La Paz Proper
  3. La Paz West
  4. La Perouse
  5. La Piedad
  6. La Plata
  7. La Plata County
  8. La Plata dolphin
  9. La Plata dolphins
  10. La Pointe
  11. La Porte

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