Dictionary entry details
• ARGENTINE REPUBLIC (noun)
Meaning:
A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Argentina; Argentine Republic
Instance hypernyms:
South American country; South American nation (countries occupying the South American continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Argentine Republic"):
Galan (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high))
Iguassu; Iguassu Falls; Iguazu; Iguazu Falls; Victoria Falls (a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil)
Laudo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high))
Llullaillaco (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high))
Mercedario (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high))
Nacimiento (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high))
Ojos del Salado (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high))
Parana; Parana River (a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata)
Pissis (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high))
La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)
Tupungato (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high))
El Muerto (a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high))
El Libertador (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))
Patagonia (region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic)
Triple Frontier (the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups)
Buenos Aires; capital of Argentina (capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center)
Cordoba; Cordova (a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613)
Vicente Lopez (an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires)
pampas (the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina)
Tierra del Fuego (an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina)
Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high))
Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)
Bonete (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high))
Cachi (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))
Meronyms (members of "Argentine Republic"):
Argentinian (a native or inhabitant of Argentina)
Holonyms ("Argentine Republic" is a part of...):
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Holonyms ("Argentine Republic" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
