Meanings
plural Argentinians
- A person from Argentina or of Argentine descent.
Fernández acidly notes that the "Malvinas" are 8,700 miles away from London and claims, controversially, that the Royal Navy expelled the Argentinians who originally lived on the remote South Atlantic territory.
2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Argentina and the Argentine people.
The FCO also disputes Fernández's claim that Britain kicked out the island's original Argentinian inhabitants.
2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ŕ̥ǵn̥tom
- Proto-Italic*argentom
- Latinargentum
- Latinargentīnu
- Spanishargentino
- SpanishArgentina
- EnglishArgentin(a)
- EnglishArgentinian
From Argentin(a) + -ian.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Argentinian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argentinian
“Argentinian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argentinian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Argentinian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Argentinian.
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