[pat-uh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh] 
| 1. | a tableland region of southern Argentina. |
| 2. | a region in S South America, in S Argentina and S Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic. |
| Pat·a·go·ni·a (pāt'ə-gō'nē-ə, -gōn'yə) A tableland region of South America in southern Argentina and Chile extending from the Río Colorado to the Straits of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. The study of its original inhabitants, the Tehuelche ("the Patagonian giants"), and its unusual wildlife have attracted many scientific expeditions, including that of Charles Darwin (1831-1836). Pat'a·go'ni·an adj. & n. |
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