Buenos Aires

[ bwey-nuhs ahyuhr-iz, boh-nuhs; Spanish bwe-naws ahy-res ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Argentina, in the eastern part, on the Río de la Plata.

Buenos Aires

/ ˈbwenos ˈaires; ˈbweɪnɒs ˈaɪrɪz /

noun

1. the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)

Buenos Aires

1. Capital of Argentina and largest city in the country, located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay .

Notes

One of the largest cities in Latin America , Buenos Aires is Argentina's chief port and financial, industrial, commercial, and social center.

La Prensa and La Nación are two of its daily newspapers, popular throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

Example Sentences

Read More on OZYInstead of Buenos Aires, Try … Salvador, Brazil.

From Ozy

In 1914 the mayor of Buenos Aires famously gave one to then-Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, though it wasn’t allowed into the country because it was infected with foot and mouth disease.

From Popular-Science

That’s where one seed-stage Buenos Aires startup wants to help.

From TechCrunch

Buenos Aires first began trialing live facial recognition on April 24, 2019.

From MIT Technology Review

Now a new investigation from Human Rights Watch has found that not only are children regularly added to CONARC, but the database also powers a live facial recognition system in Buenos Aires deployed by the city government.

From MIT Technology Review

It had opened in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, London.

From The Daily Beast

A museum in Buenos Aires has opened, remembering the Falklands War.

From The Daily Beast

Francis told reporters that he has not had a true vacation since 1975 when he went to Buenos Aires with the Jesuit community.

From The Daily Beast

But in Buenos Aires, everyone knows what separates a Boca Juniors fan from a River Plate fan—there's a stark difference in class.

From The Daily Beast

He has traveled widely and has lived in Dublin and Buenos Aires.

From The Daily Beast

Polo is very popular and Buenos Aires has its own Hurlingham, and good horseflesh can be obtained more cheaply than at home.

From Project Gutenberg

There is an archbishop at Buenos Aires and eight suffragan bishops, including one for Paraguay.

From Project Gutenberg

These ossiferous remains are richest in the province of Buenos Aires and become somewhat less frequent in the north and west.

From Project Gutenberg

He had signified his willingness to withdraw from Buenos Aires in forty-eight hours and from Montevideo in two months.

From Project Gutenberg

Buenos Aires and Rosario have long been the great wheat ports, but they have now a formidable rival in the new southern city.

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