Patagonia
English
Etymology
From Portuguese patagão and Spanish patagón (“Patagonian”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpæ.təˈɡəʊ.nɪ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpæ.təˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌpæ.təˈɡoʊn.jə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊniə
- Hyphenation: Pa‧ta‧go‧ni‧a, Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia
Proper noun
Patagonia
- A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
- 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 33:
- The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s.
- A town in Arizona.
Derived terms
Translations
geographical region
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑtɑɡoniɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ˌɡo̞niɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oniɑ
- Syllabification(key): Pa‧ta‧go‧ni‧a
- Hyphenation(key): Pa‧ta‧go‧nia
Proper noun
Patagonia
Declension
| Inflection of Patagonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Patagonia | — | |
| genitive | Patagonian | — | |
| partitive | Patagoniaa | — | |
| illative | Patagoniaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Patagonia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Patagonia | — |
| gen. | Patagonian | ||
| genitive | Patagonian | — | |
| partitive | Patagoniaa | — | |
| inessive | Patagoniassa | — | |
| elative | Patagoniasta | — | |
| illative | Patagoniaan | — | |
| adessive | Patagonialla | — | |
| ablative | Patagonialta | — | |
| allative | Patagonialle | — | |
| essive | Patagoniana | — | |
| translative | Patagoniaksi | — | |
| abessive | Patagoniatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.taˈɡɔɲ.ja/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɲja
- Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia
Noun
Patagonia f
- Patagonia (a region of South America)
Declension
Declension of Patagonia
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Patagonia |
| genitive | Patagonii |
| dative | Patagonii |
| accusative | Patagonię |
| instrumental | Patagonią |
| locative | Patagonii |
| vocative | Patagonio |
Further reading
- Patagonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Noun
Patagonia f
Spanish
Etymology
From patagón (“Patagonian”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pataˈɡonja/ [pa.t̪aˈɣ̞o.nja]
- Rhymes: -onja
- Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧go‧nia
Proper noun
Patagonia f
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English Patagonia, from Spanish Patagonia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Patagonia f
- Patagonia, a geographical region in southern South America
Derived terms
- ysgyfarnog Patagonia (“Patagonian hare”)