Etymology

Patagonia

Pa·ta·go·ni·a
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Today it means: A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina. Full definition →

Portuguese patagão ← Spanish patagón
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived frompatagón“Patagonian”
  2. Portuguese · derived frompatagão
  3. English todayPatagonia

From Portuguese patagão and Spanish patagón (“Patagonian”) + -ia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.