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Patagonia

Pronunciation: /ˌpatəˈgəʊnɪə/
Definition of Patagonia
  • a region of South America, in southern Argentina and Chile. Consisting largely of a dry barren plateau, it extends from the Colorado River in central Argentina to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.

Derivatives

Patagonian

adjective & noun

Origin:

from obsolete Patagon, denoting a member of a native people alleged by travellers of the 17th and 18th cents to be the tallest known

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