Southern Cone

proper noun

The southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.

OriginSpanish Cono Sur →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Southern Cone
  1. The southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay.

    Some words are therefore in order to clarify why Bolivia is excluded from our definition of the Southern Cone, and by extension from the Southern Cone Model.

    2004, Nicola Phillips, The Southern Cone Model: The Political Economy of Regional Capitalist Development in Latin America, Routledge, →ISBN, page 6

Origin

  1. SpanishCono Sur
  2. EnglishSouthern Cone

Calque of Spanish Cono Sur.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

French Cône Sud
  • Cône Sudregion of South America
Portuguese Cone Sul
  • Cone Sulregion of South America
Spanish Cono Sur
  • Cono Surregion of South America
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APA

Southern Cone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southern%20Cone

MLA

“Southern Cone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southern%20Cone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Southern Cone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southern%20Cone.

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