Buenos Aires

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

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

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.

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

1. Buenos Aires

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Buenos Aires n

1. Buenos Aires

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯ʁəs/

Proper noun

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires')

1. Buenos Aires

Proper noun

Buenos Aires f

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

Proper noun

Buenos Aires ?

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