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Mar del Plata

American  
[mahr thel plah-tah] / ˈmɑr ðɛl ˈplɑ tɑ /

noun

  1. a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.


Mar del Plata British  
/ ˈmar ðɛl ˈplata /

noun

  1. a city and resort in E Argentina, on the Atlantic: fishing port. Pop: 552 000 (2005 est)

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The ARA San Juan went missing a week after it set off from Ushuaia on Argentina's southern tip and was returning to its home port at the Mar del Plata naval base.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The first UN water conference took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1977.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023

“I never experienced anything like this,” Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva said at the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, where players landed before taking their bus to Mar del Plata.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Cardona and Barrios were not included in the club’s squad for Wednesday’s pre-season friendly game against Adosivi in the coastal city of Mar del Plata.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2018

In March of 1960 seventeen-year-old Bobby flew to Mar del Plata, the seaside resort on Argentina’s Atlantic coast, south of Buenos Aires.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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