Patagonia

See also: Patagónia and Patagônia

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):

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• Rhymes: -əʊniə
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ta‧go‧ni‧a, Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia

Proper noun

Patagonia

1. A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:

     CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...

   • 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.

2. A town in Arizona.

Derived terms

• Patagonian

Translations

geographical region

• Bulgarian: Патаго́ния f (Patagónija)
• Catalan: Patagònia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴塔哥尼亞 / 巴塔哥尼亚 (zh) (Bātǎgēníyǎ)

• Dutch: Patagonië (nl)
• Esperanto: Patagonio
• Finnish: Patagonia (fi)
• French: Patagonie (fr) f
• Georgian: პატაგონია (ṗaṭagonia)
• German: Patagonien (de) n
• Greek: Παταγονία f (Patagonía)
• Hungarian: Patagónia (hu)
• Ido: Patagonia (io)
• Indonesian: Patagonia
• Irish: An Phatagóin f
• Italian: Patagonia f
• Japanese: パタゴニア (ja) (Patagonia)
• Maori: Patakonia
• Polish: Patagonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Patagónia (pt) (Portugal), Patagônia (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: Patagonia f
• Russian: Патаго́ния f (Patagónija)
• Spanish: Patagonia (es) f
• Swedish: Patagonien (sv)
• Turkish: Patagonya
• Welsh: Patagonia f

Further reading

• Patagonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.taˈɡɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧gon‧ia

Noun

Patagonia f

1. 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

1. Patagonia

Spanish

Etymology

From patagón (“Patagonian”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pataˈɡonja/ [pa.t̪aˈɣ̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Pa‧ta‧go‧nia

Proper noun

Patagonia f

1. Patagonia

Derived terms

• ciprés de la Patagonia
• patagónico