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TIERRA DEL FUEGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tierra del Fuego mean?
• TIERRA DEL FUEGO (noun)
The noun TIERRA DEL FUEGO has 1 sense:
1. an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina
Familiarity information: TIERRA DEL FUEGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Tierra del Fuego" is a part of...):
Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
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