Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires

/ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛə.ɹiːz/ UK
/-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ UK
/ˈbwɛ.nəʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ UK
/ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/ Canada, US
/-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ Canada, US
/ˈbwɛ.noʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ Canada, US
/ˈbwæɪ.nəs ˈeː.iːz/ Australia
/-ˈɑe.ɹɪz/ Australia
/ˈbwe.nəʉs ˈɑe.ɹes/ Australia
/ˈbwæɪ.nəs ˈeə̯.iːz/ New Zealand
/-ˈaɪ.ɹəz/ New Zealand
/ˈbwe.nɐʉs ˈaɪ.ɹes/ New Zealand
/ˈbwe.nəs ˈer.iz/ Scotland
/-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ Scotland
/ˈbwɛ.nos ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ Scotland
/ˈbweː.nos ˈeːʳ.iːz/ India
/-ˈaj.ɾiz/ India
/ˈbwe.noːs ˈaj.ɾes/ India

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Buenos Aires, named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately derived from Aragonese buen ayre (literally “good air”) or derived from Sardinian bonaria. The first English attestation dates to 1764.

proper noun Buenos Ayres

The capital city of Argentina. Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
metonymically The Argentinian government.
The largest and most populous province in Argentina, part of the Pampas region. Capital: La Plata.

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