English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /tiˌɛɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡoʊ/
- Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ
Proper noun
Tierra del Fuego
- An island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
- An archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands.
- Synonym: (archaic) Fireland
- A province of Argentina. Official name: Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands. Capital: Ushuaia.
- A province of Chile. Capital: Porvenir.
- A former department of Chile.
Derived terms
Translations
archipelago between Chile and Argentina
- Albanian: Toka e Zjarrtë f
- Arabic: أَرْض النَّار f (ʔarḍ an-nār)
- Armenian: Հրո երկիր (Hro erkir)
- Basque: Suaren Lurraldea
- Breton: Douar an Tan m
- Catalan: Terra del Foc f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 火地島 / 火地岛 (zh) (Huǒdì Dǎo)
- Czech: Ohňová země f
- Danish: Ildlandet n
- Dutch: Vuurland (nl) n
- Esperanto: Fajrolando
- Estonian: Tulemaa (et)
- Finnish: Tulimaa (fi)
- French: Terre de Feu (fr) f
- Galician: Terra do Fogo (gl) f
- Georgian: ცეცხლოვანი მიწა (cecxlovani mic̣a)
- German: Feuerland (de) n
- Greek: Γη του Πυρός f (Gi tou Pyrós)
- Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הָאֵשׁ f ('éretz ha'ésh)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: Tűzföld (hu)
- Icelandic: Eldland n
- Italian: Terra del Fuoco f
- Japanese: ティエラ・デル・フエゴ (Tiera deru Fuego)
- Korean: 티에라델푸에고 (Tieradelpuego)
- Latin: Terra Ignium f
- Latvian: Ugunszeme f
- Lithuanian: Ugnies Žemė f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Ildlandet n
- Nynorsk: Eldlandet n
- Occitan: Tèrra del Fuòc f
- Polish: Ziemia Ognista f
- Portuguese: Terra do Fogo (pt) f
- Russian: О́гненная Земля́ f (Ógnennaja Zemljá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: О̏гњена̄ Зѐмља f
- Roman: Ȍgnjenā Zèmlja (sh) f
- Slovak: Ohňová zem f
- Slovene: Ognjena zémlja f, Ognjena dežéla f
- Spanish: Tierra del Fuego (es) f
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: Eldslandet (sv) n
- Thai: เตียร์ราเดลฟวยโก (dtiia-raa deel fuai-goo)
- Turkish: Ateş Toprakları
- Ukrainian: Вогня́на Земля́ f (Vohnjána Zemljá)
- Vietnamese: Đất Lửa
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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “Land of Fire”, reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtjera del ˈfweɡo/ [ˌt̪je.ra ð̞el ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
- Syllabification: Tie‧rra del Fue‧go
Proper noun
la Tierra del Fuego f
- Tierra del Fuego (island between Chile and Argentina)
- Tierra del Fuego (archipelago)
- Tierra del Fuego (a province of Argentina)
- Tierra del Fuego (a province of Chile)
- (historical) a department of Chile
Derived terms