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Buenos Aires

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after a title of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

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Proper noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Buenos Aires

  1. The capital city of Argentina.
  2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region.

Derived terms

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References

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  • John Nourse (Londres) (1764). Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea: Containing a Demonstration of the Fundamental Principles of this Art Together with All the Practical Rules of Computing a Ship's Way Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middel Latitude Founded Upon the Foregoing Principles with Many Other Useful Things Hereto Belonging to which are Added Several Necessary Tables.

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Unclear the vowel quality in 'Buenos'”

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Central Nahuatl

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Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

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Buenos Aires n (indeclinable, related adjective buenosaireský)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Further reading

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  • “Buenos Aires”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbweː.nɔs ˌaːi̯.rəs/, /ˌbwɛ-/, /-reːs/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires n

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

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Pronunciation

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  • (proscribed) IPA(key): /bwe.no.z‿ɛʁ/
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Proper noun

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Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯rəs/, [buˌɛ-], [ˌbʋɛ-], [-ʁəs]
  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔnɔs-/ (simplified; somewhat common)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbu̯eːnɔs-/ (rare)

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires n (proper noun, genitive Buenos Aires' or (with an article) Buenos Aires)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Declension

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Declension of Buenos Aires [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Buenos Aires
genitive des Buenos Aires', Buenos Aires1
dative dem Buenos Aires
accusative das Buenos Aires

1With an article.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbwɛ.nɔs ˈaj.rɛs/
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  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires n (indeclinable)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Further reading

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  • Buenos Aires in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Buenos Aires in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾis/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾis]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /buˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [bʊˈɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaj.ɾiʃ/ [ˈbwɛ̃.nuz ˈaɪ̯.ɾiʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /buˈɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [bʊˈɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaj.ɾes/ [ˈbwɛ.noz ˈaɪ̯.ɾes]

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires n

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina)

References

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  • “Buenos Aires”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbwenos ˈaiɾes/ [ˌbwe.nos ˈai̯.ɾes]
  • Syllabification: Bue‧nos Ai‧res

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires ?

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
    Synonym: Bs. As.
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Proper noun

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Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)

  1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
  2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)
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