Buenos Aires

• Buenos Ayres (archaic)

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after a title of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹɪs/, /ˌbwɛn-/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbweɪnəs ˈaɪɹɪs/, /-nɒs/, /ˌbwɛn-/, /-ɹiːz/, /-ɹɪz/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹ-/

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Buenos Aires

1. The capital city of Argentina.
2. The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region.

• John Nourse (Londres) (1764). Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea: Containing a Demonstration of the Fundamental Principles of this Art Together with All the Practical Rules of Computing a Ship's Way Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middel Latitude Founded Upon the Foregoing Principles with Many Other Useful Things Hereto Belonging to which are Added Several Necessary Tables.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /bu.ə.nos ˈaj.ɾəs/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bu.ə.nus ˈaj.ɾəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bu.e.nos ˈaj.ɾes/

Buenos Aires ?

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Buenos Aires

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

Buenos Aires

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbweː.nɔs ˌaːi̯.rəs/, /ˌbwɛ-/, /-reːs/

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Buenos Aires n

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

• IPA^(key): /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯rəs/, [buˌɛ-], [ˌbʋɛ-], [-ʁəs]
• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔnɔs-/ (simplified; somewhat common)
• IPA^(key): /ˌbu̯eːnɔs-/ (rare)

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Buenos Aires n (proper noun, genitive Buenos Aires' or (with an article) Buenos Aires)

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwɛ.nɔs ˈaj.rɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ajrɛs

Buenos Aires n (indeclinable)

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

• Buenos Aires in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Buenos Aires in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Buenos Aires

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

Buenos Aires n

1. Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina)

• Buenos Aires in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˌbwenos ˈaiɾes/ [ˌbwe.nos ˈai̯.ɾes]
• Syllabification: Bue‧nos Ai‧res

Buenos Aires ?

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)

   Synonym: Bs. As.

2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)

• “Buenos Aires”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Buenos Aires n (genitive Buenos Aires)

1. Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)
2. Buenos Aires (a province of Argentina)