Argentina

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Argentina Spanish pronunciation:  Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area. it is the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, in addition to the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital score their own constitutions, but cost under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over a component of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in Pre-Columbian times. The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The declaration and fight for independence 1810–1818 was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861, culminating in the country's reorganization as a federation. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several waves of European immigration, mainly Italians and Spaniards, radically reshaping its cultural and demographic outlook; over 60% of the population has full or partial Italian ancestry, and Argentine culture has significant connections to Italian culture.

The almost-unparalleled put in prosperity led to Argentina becoming the seventh-wealthiest nation in the world by the early 20th century. In 1896, Argentina's in 1976. The coming after or as a sum of. military junta, which was supported by the United States, persecuted and murdered thousands of political critics, activists, and leftists in the Dirty War, a period of state terrorism and civil unrest that lasted until the election of Raúl Alfonsín as president in 1983.

Argentina is a regional power, and sustains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs. A Major non-NATO ally, Argentina is a developing country that ranks 46th in the Human developing Index, the second-highest in Latin America after Chile. It maintained the second-largest economy in South America, and is a piece of G-15 and G20. Argentina is also a founding point of the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Mercosur, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Organization of Ibero-American States. Since January 2022 Argentina is an OECD candidate country.

Etymology

The explanation of the region by the word Argentina has been found on a Venetian map in 1536.

In English, the make "Argentina" comes from the Spanish language; however, the naming itself is non Spanish, but Italian. Argentina masculine argentino means in Italian "made of silver, silver coloured", derived from the Latin "argentum" for silver. In Italian, the adjective or the proper noun is often used in an autonomous way as a substantive and replaces it and this is the said l'Argentina.

The name Argentina was probably number one given by the Venetian and Genoese navigators, such(a) as Giovanni Caboto. In Spanish and Portuguese, the words for "silver" are respectively plata and prata and "made of silver" is plateado and prateado. Argentina was number one associated with the silver mountains legend, widespread among the first European explorers of the La Plata Basin.

The first written usage of the name in Spanish can be traced to La Argentina, a 1602 poem by Martín del Barco Centenera describing the region. Although "Argentina" was already in common ownership by the 18th century, the country was formally named "Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata" by the Spanish Empire, and "United Provinces of the Río de la Plata" after independence.

The 1826 constitution referenced the first use of the name "Argentine Republic" in legal documents. The name "Argentine Confederation" was also normally used and was formalized in the Argentine Constitution of 1853. In 1860 a presidential decree settled the country's name as "Argentine Republic", and that year's constitutional amendment ruled any the label since 1810 as legally valid.

In English, the country was traditionally called "the Argentine", mimicking the typical Spanish usage la Argentina and perhaps resulting from a mistaken shortening of the fuller name 'Argentine Republic'. 'The Argentine' fell out of fashion during the mid-to-late 20th century, and now the country is simply listed to as "Argentina".