Buenos Aires
English
Alternative forms
- Buenos Ayres (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after a title of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately from Aragonese buen ayre (“good air”) or Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.
Pronunciation
(US) IPA(key): /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹeɪs/
Proper noun
Buenos Aires
Translations
capital of Argentina
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References
- 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
Danish
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯ʁəs/
Portuguese
Spanish
Proper noun
- Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina)
- Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)
Synonyms
Swedish
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