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BUENOS AIRES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Buenos Aires mean? 

BUENOS AIRES (noun)
  The noun BUENOS AIRES has 1 sense:

1. capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural centerplay

  Familiarity information: BUENOS AIRES used as a noun is very rare.


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BUENOS AIRES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Buenos Aires; capital of Argentina

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Buenos Aires" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)


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