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Southern Cone

Southern Cone proper noun: the southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.

Proper noun

the Southern Cone

  1. The southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.
    • Some words are therefore in order to clarify why Bolivia is excluded from our definition of the Southern Cone, and by extension from the Southern Cone Model.2004, Nicola Phillips, The Southern Cone Model: The Political Economy of Regional Capitalist Development in Latin America, Routledge, →ISBN, page 6

Origin of Southern Cone

Calque of Spanish Cono Sur.

Questions about Southern Cone

What does Southern Cone mean?
Southern Cone means the southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.
What part of speech is Southern Cone?
Southern Cone is a proper noun.

Words near Southern Cone in the dictionary

  1. southern cassowary
  2. Southern Cherokee Nation
  3. Southern Comfort
  4. southern common cuscus
  5. southern common cuscuses
  6. Southern Cone
  7. Southern Corsica
  8. southern crested caracara
  9. southern crested caracaras
  10. Southern Cross
  11. southern cypress

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