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BUENOS AIRES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Buenos Aires mean?
• BUENOS AIRES (noun)
The noun BUENOS AIRES has 1 sense:
1. capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
Familiarity information: BUENOS AIRES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Buenos Aires; capital of Argentina
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Buenos Aires" is a part of...):
Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
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