Patagonia
Americannoun
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a tableland region of southern Argentina.
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a region in S South America, in S Argentina and S Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic.
noun
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the southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile extending from the Andes to the Atlantic. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
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an arid tableland in the southernmost part of Argentina, rising towards the Andes in the west
Other Word Forms
- Patagonian adjective
Example Sentences
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The almost complete Alnashetri fossil was uncovered in 2014 in northern Patagonia, Argentina, at a fossil rich site famous for exceptionally preserved Cretaceous animals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Argentina's government has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have been ripping through vast tracts of forest since December.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
A British woman is among five people who have died in a snowstorm in Chilean Patagonia.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
The two leaders were also expected to discuss “Stargate Argentina,” a proposed $25 billion OpenAI data-center complex in Patagonia, a person familiar with the talks said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
One might at first be surprised that Clovis descendants could reach Patagonia, lying 8,000 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border, in less than a thousand years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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