Word.ws English Dictionary

Tierra del Fuego

/tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡəʊ/US/tiˌɛɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡoʊ/

Tierra del Fuego proper noun: an island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de 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.

Tierra del Fuego meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

Tierra del Fuego in Hindi

archipelago between Chile and Argentina
तियेरा देल फ़ुएगो tiyerā del fuego

Tierra del Fuego in Arabic

archipelago between Chile and Argentina
أَرْض النَّار ʔarḍ an-nār

Tierra del Fuego in Thai

archipelago between Chile and Argentina
เตียร์ราเดลฟวยโก dtiia-raa deel fuai-goo

Tierra del Fuego in Vietnamese

archipelago between Chile and Argentina
Đất Lửa

Synonyms of Tierra del Fuego

Origin of Tierra del Fuego

Borrowed from Spanish Tierra del Fuego (literally “Land of Fire”), reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Words formed from Tierra del Fuego

Words that rhyme with Tierra del Fuego

Questions about Tierra del Fuego

What does Tierra del Fuego mean?
Tierra del Fuego means an island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
What is Tierra del Fuego in Hindi?
Tierra del Fuego in Hindi is तियेरा देल फ़ुएगो (tiyerā del fuego). See Tierra del Fuego meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tierra del Fuego?
Tierra del Fuego is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tierra del Fuego?
Tierra del Fuego is pronounced /tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Tierra del Fuego in the dictionary

  1. Tierno
  2. Tiernos
  3. tierod
  4. tierods
  5. Tierra Amarilla
  6. Tierra del Fuego
  7. Tierra Firme
  8. Tierrablanca
  9. Tierrablancas
  10. tiers
  11. Tiers Cross

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tierra del Fuego.wav.

Cite this entry: “Tierra del Fuego.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tierra_del_fuego. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.