Fun fact 1 about Argentina
country
The name Argentina is derived from the Italian word for silver, 'argentino'.
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country
Argentina
Population
45.9M
Area
2.78M km²
Capital
Buenos Aires
Continent
South America
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the Southern Cone of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.
From the “Etymology” section
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Photo: Pablo A. Gimenez from Buenos Aires, Argentina · CC BY-SA 2.0