Tierra-del-fuego meaning

tē-ĕrə dĕl fwāgō, tyĕrrä dĕl fwĕgō
An archipelago off southern South America separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The main island, also called Tierra del Fuego, is divided between Chile and Argentina. Smaller islands of the archipelago are administered individually by the two countries.
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(place) Group of islands at the tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: they are divided between Argentina & Chile: 28,473 sq mi (73,745 sq km)
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(place) Chief island of this group, divided between Argentina & Chile: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
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One of the provinces in Argentina (southern South America). Home of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, close to Antarctica.
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Origin of tierra-del-fuego

  • From Spanish tierra del fuego (“land of fire").

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Tierra-del-fuego Sentence Examples

  • The western and larger part of Tierra del Fuego (q.v.) belongs to Chile.

  • The best-known among them are Puerto Deseado (Port Desire) at the mouth of the Deseado river (1253 m.), Santa Cruz, at the mouth of the Santa Cruz river (1481 m.), and Ushuaia, on Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego.

  • The guanaco (Auchenia), which ranges from Tierra del Fuego to the Bolivian highlands, finds comparative safety in these uninhabitable solitudes, and is still numerous.

  • Proteaceae are found also in Tierra del Fuego and Chile.

  • The extreme southern part of this region extends eastward to the Atlantic entrance to the Straits of Magellan, and includes the greater part of the large island of Tierra del Fuego with all the islands lying south and west of it.

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