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Terra del Fuego

Terra del Fuego is the obsolete form of Tierra del Fuego.

Meaning of Tierra del Fuego

Proper noun

Tierra del Fuego

  1. An island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
  2. An archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands.
    Synonyms:
    Fireland
  3. A province of Argentina. Official name: Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands. Capital: Ushuaia.
  4. A province of Chile. Capital: Porvenir.
  5. A former department of Chile.

Questions about Terra del Fuego

What is Terra del Fuego the obsolete form of?
Terra del Fuego is the obsolete form of Tierra del Fuego.

Words near Terra del Fuego in the dictionary

  1. terra alba
  2. Terra Alta
  3. Terra Bella
  4. terra cotta
  5. terra cottas
  6. Terra del Fuego
  7. terra firma
  8. terra incognita
  9. terra Lemnia
  10. Terra Mariana
  11. Terra Nivium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Terra del Fuego (page history and authors); Tierra del Fuego (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.

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