La Plata

English

Etymology

From Spanish La Plata.

Proper noun

La Plata

  1. The capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.
    • 1955 December, “Notes and News: Old Names Restored in Argentina”, in Railway Magazine, page 878:
      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.
  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.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la ˈplata/ [la ˈpla.t̪a]
  • Syllabification: La Pla‧ta

Proper noun

La Plata f

  1. La Plata (the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina)
    Synonym: (obsolete) Ciudad Eva Perón

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