Argentinia

Sranan Tongo Etymology Possibly srn a Jehovah’s Witnesses translation team - 1, from srn es Argentina, from srn la argentum silver + the feminine of the adjectival suffix la -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"); likely influenced by srn nl Argentinië. Pronunciation arxen_tinia Proper noun srn proper noun srn rare literary srn Argentina Q414 srn Argentinië srn 1 May 1980 Na disiten bron foe na bijbel e misi hen marki Modern-day bible burning is missing its mark Selters-Taunus Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses) 5 A waktitoren https://wol.jw.org/srn/wol/d/r50/lp-sr/1980087 Wan toe jari pasa kaba, den ben tapoe na wroko foe Jehovah Kotoigi ini Argentinia, en a no kisi toe jari pasa kaba den ben teki boen foeroe boekoe foe den tapoe na edekantoro foe den ini Buenos Aires en ooktoe 250 Nieuwe Wereldvertaling foe den Santa Boekoe ini Spanjoro tongo. A few years ago, they banned the work of Jehovah's Witnesses in Argentina, and less than two years ago, they confiscated many of their books at their headquarters in Buenos Aires, including 250 [copies] of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125193452/https://wol.jw.org/srn/wol/d/r50/lp-sr/1980087 25 January 2025 Usage notes Except for a limited number of countries, Sranan Tongo speakers use Dutch-language country names as unadapted borrowings.