Argentina

               ahr-juhn-tee-nuh  /  Spanish  / 1853

The name Argentina comes from the Latin term argentum which means silver. It dates back to a time when shipwrecked Spanish conquerors were given silver objects of trade by the indigenous peoples. News of the legendary Sierra del Plata, a mountain rich in silver, reached Spain in 1584. 

Baker-Miller Pink

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