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us: Argentina


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    • us: República Argentina
    • us: Argenṭinah
    • us: Argenṭine
    • us: Confederación Argentina (1851-1861)
    • us: Argentine Confederation (1851-1861)
    • us: Nación Argentina
    • us: Argentine Nation
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        Argentine Republic
    • Sources

      • found: Fisher-Shusṭerovitsʹ, Ś. Milon shimushi le-ganenet, 1969: t.p. (Argenṭinah) added t.p. (Argenṭine)
      • found: Gran encic. Argentina, 1956: v. 1, p. 248 (Full discussion of name of Argentina; Constitution of 1826 first made official the name República Argentina, though some form of "argentino" had long been in literary use to refer to the area/country/people; from 1811 to Dec. 1826 the name was Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata; good bibliography of sources for official names of the country)
      • found: Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Cámara de Diputados de la Nación. Actas de las sesiones del Paraná correspondientes al año de ... 1854: p. iii (Confederación Argentina)
      • found: A Guide to the off. publs. of the other Amer. Reps. I, Argentina, 1964: p. 10 (Argentine Confederation, 1851-1861; State of Buenos Aires, 1852-1860; Buenos Aires revolted against govt. and formed the State of Buenos Aires until 1860)
      • found: EB, 1972 (Argentina, p. 365-366: when Province of B.A. rejected the Constit. of 1853 and seceded from the union, the Conferación est. its cap. in Paraná; in 1860 B.A. Prov. rejoined the union; constit. amendm't legalized all successive names -- United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, Argentine Republic, and Argentine Confederation, but stipulated that all laws be adopted in the name of the Arg. Nation)
      • found: Wikipedia, July 11, 2006 (Argentina; the country is formally named the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina), but for purposes of legislation, the form Nación Argentina (Argentine Nation) is used)
      • notfound: Silva, L.M. de L. e. Guerra com as Províncias Unidas do Rio da Prata, 1956.
      • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 29°33ʹ00ʺS 062°17ʹ00ʺW)
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      • 1979-08-15: new
      • 2015-12-23: revised
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