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Definition of Patagonia

1. Noun. Region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic.

Definition of Patagonia

1. Proper noun. A geographical region in the southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patagonia

Literary usage of Patagonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Two specimens, 230 and 298 mm. respectively; north of the mouth of the Rio Coyle, Patagonia. In the larger specimen the distance to the gill opening is ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The discovery was thus of great interest, as apparently favouring the hypothesis of a former great antarctic continent, of which Australia and Patagonia are ..."

3. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Difference of Climate between East and West Patagonia. ... Patagonia, the southern extremity of the American continent, is divided by the ridge of the Andes ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Lake Buenos Aires, the largest lake m Patagonia, measuring 75 m. in length, ... But the present cattle region par excellence of Patagonia is the department ..."

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