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Costumbres Argentine(tourism)
Argentine haemorrhagic fever virus(medicine)

Argentine (iou)



Argentine adjective2 & noun2. E19.
[Spanish Argentina (in Republica, formerly Confederacion, Argentina) lit. 'silvery', named from the Rio de la Plata (Spanish plata silver).]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the federal republic which occupies the greater part of the southern end of S. America, extending from Chile in the west to the Brazilian and Uruguayan borders and the Atlantic Ocean in the east, and bordering Bolivia and Paraguay in the north (now usu. called Argentina). E19.
Argentine ant a S. American ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, which has been introduced and become a pest elsewhere.
B. noun.
1. A native or inhabitant of Argentina. E19.
2. the Argentine, Argentina. L19.
Argentinian adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to Argentina; (b) noun = ARGENTINE noun2 1: E20.