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Buenos Aires

[ bwey-nuhs ahyuhr-iz, boh-nuhs; Spanish bwe-naws ahy-res ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Argentina, in the eastern part, on the Río de la Plata.


Buenos Aires

/ ˈbwenos ˈaires; ˈbweɪnɒs ˈaɪrɪz /

noun

  1. the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)


Buenos Aires

  1. Capital of Argentina and largest city in the country, located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay .


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Notes

One of the largest cities in Latin America , Buenos Aires is Argentina's chief port and financial, industrial, commercial, and social center.
La Prensa and La Nación are two of its daily newspapers, popular throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

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Example Sentences

It had opened in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, London.

A museum in Buenos Aires has opened, remembering the Falklands War.

Francis told reporters that he has not had a true vacation since 1975 when he went to Buenos Aires with the Jesuit community.

But in Buenos Aires, everyone knows what separates a Boca Juniors fan from a River Plate fan—there's a stark difference in class.

He has traveled widely and has lived in Dublin and Buenos Aires.

Polo is very popular and Buenos Aires has its own Hurlingham, and good horseflesh can be obtained more cheaply than at home.

There is an archbishop at Buenos Aires and eight suffragan bishops, including one for Paraguay.

These ossiferous remains are richest in the province of Buenos Aires and become somewhat less frequent in the north and west.

He had signified his willingness to withdraw from Buenos Aires in forty-eight hours and from Montevideo in two months.

Buenos Aires and Rosario have long been the great wheat ports, but they have now a formidable rival in the new southern city.

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