English Explanatory Dictionary

Tierra del Fuego

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
  2. An archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands.
  3. A province of Argentina. Official name: Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands. Capital: Ushuaia.
  4. A province of Chile. Capital: Porvenir.
  5. A former department of Chile.

Pronunciation

/tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tierra del Fuego.wav /tiˌɛɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡoʊ/

Word forms

Tierra del Fuego

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tierra del Fuego (literally “Land of Fire”), reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Synonyms

Fireland

Derived words

Fuegian

Translations

Albanian: Toka e Zjarrtë Arabic: أَرْض النَّار Armenian: Հրո երկիր Basque: Suaren Lurraldea Breton: Douar an Tan Catalan: Terra del Foc Chinese Mandarin: 火地島 /火地岛 Czech: Ohňová země Danish: Ildlandet Dutch: Vuurland Esperanto: Fajrolando Estonian: Tulemaa Finnish: Tulimaa French: Terre de Feu Galician: Terra do Fogo Georgian: ცეცხლოვანი მიწა German: Feuerland Greek: Γη του Πυρός Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הָאֵשׁ Hindi: तियेरा देल फ़ुएगो Hungarian: Tűzföld Icelandic: Eldland Italian: Terra del Fuoco Japanese: ティエラ・デル・フエゴ Korean: 티에라델푸에고 Latin: Terra Ignium Latvian: Ugunszeme Lithuanian: Ugnies Žemė Norwegian Bokmål: Ildlandet Norwegian Nynorsk: Eldlandet Occitan: Tèrra del Fuòc Polish: Ziemia Ognista Portuguese: Terra do Fogo Russian: О́гненная Земля́ Serbo-Croatian: О̏гњена̄ Зѐмља Serbo-Croatian: Ȍgnjenā Zèmlja Slovak: Ohňová zem Slovene: Ognjena zémlja Slovene: Ognjena dežéla Spanish: Tierra del Fuego Swedish: Eldslandet Thai: เตียร์ราเดลฟวยโก
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