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Patagonia

Patagonia

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A large area in southern South America with high mountains and wide empty plains
  • proper noun
  • /ˌpætəˈɡoʊniə/
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  • I did a four-year motorcycle trip from Alaska to Patagonia, to Antarctica, then from Cape Town to Cairo.
  • northern Patagonia
  • southern Patagonia
  • Patagonia, Argentina

The poor Chileno, with only his shoes, crosses into Nick Ken, the forsaken territories of Patagonia.

Examples

  • The first colonists in Patagonia settled in the Chubut Valley in the 1860s.

    Academic text (2000)

  • And there's a community of people from Wales who settled in Patagonia in South America.

  • Today we're going to Patagonia with Southern Exploration.

  • 75 years ago in Patagonia, on the edge of South America

    An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

  • And I'm actually riding a horse on a ranch in Patagonia and it's this beautiful.

  • His recent shoot of the Chilean Patagonia captured amazing panoramic images of a unique location.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Icy fjord in the Valley of the Glaciers, Patagonia, Argentina.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The cold climates of Patagonia and the Andean altiplano discourage agriculture.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The study area encompasses the Nahuel Huapi National Park (NHNP) in northern Patagonia, Argentina (Fig. 1).

    Academic text (2018)

  • Traveling through Patagonia, I marveled at the breathtaking views of the Andes mountains.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Patagonia comes from the Spanish name Patagón, used by early explorers. One popular story says Patagón meant 'big feet' or a 'giant' because the explorers thought the local people were very large, so the name came to mean the vast, wild region in the south.