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Buenos Aires
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English
+,+ Province
Alternative forms
en Buenos Ayres archaic
Etymology
en :bor es:Buenos Aires
en es Buenos Aires, named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, itself ultimately en an buen ayre good air 1 or en sc bonaria 1. The first English attestation dates to 1764.
Pronunciation
bwā′nəs âr′ēz -ī′rĭz bwĕ′nōs ī′rĕs
en /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛə.ɹiːz/ /-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ /ˈbwɛ.nəʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Buenos Aires.wav Southern England
en /ˈbweɪ.nəs ˈɛɹ.iz/ /-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ /ˈbwɛ.noʊs ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ GenAm,CanE
en /ˈbwæɪ.nəs ˈeː.iːz/ /-ˈɑe.ɹɪz/ /ˈbwe.nəʉs ˈɑe.ɹes/ AuE
en /ˈbwæɪ.nəs ˈeə̯.iːz/ /-ˈaɪ.ɹəz/ /ˈbwe.nɐʉs ˈaɪ.ɹes/ NZE
en /ˈbwe.nəs ˈer.iz/ /-ˈaɪ.ɹɪz/ /ˈbwɛ.nos ˈaɪ.ɹɛs/ ScE
en /ˈbweː.nos ˈeːʳ.iːz/ /-ˈaj.ɾiz/ /ˈbwe.noːs ˈaj.ɾes/ InE
en Bue nos Ai res
Proper noun
1
en Q1486 en capital city c/Argentina.
en Dan Heching, Manuela Castro, Mauricio Torres, Alli Rosenbloom and Christian Edwards Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/entertainment/liam-payne-death-one-direction 2024-10-16 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216180302/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/entertainment/liam-payne-death-one-direction 16 February 2026
en metonym The Argentinian government.
en Q44754 en The largest and most populous <<province>> in <<c/Argentina>>, part of the <<r:suf/Pampas>> La Plata.
Derived terms
en Little Buenos Aires
Translations
capital of Argentina
Akan: ak Buenɔs Aires
Arabic: ar بْوِينُس آيْرِس f
Armenian: hy Բուենոս Այրես
Asturian: ast Buenos Aires
Belarusian: be Буэ́нас-А́йрэс m
Bengali: bn বুয়েনোস আইরেস
Bulgarian: bg Буе́нос А́йрес m
Catalan: ca Buenos Aires ?
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布宜諾斯艾利斯 Bùyínuòsī-Àilìsī
Czech: cs Buenos Aires n
Danish: da Buenos Aires n
Dutch: nl Buenos Aires n
Esperanto: eo Bonaero
Farefare: gur Buenos Aires
Finnish: fi Buenos Aires
French: fr Buenos Aires ?
Georgian: ka ბუენოს-აირესი
German: de Buenos Aires n
Greek: el Μπουένος Άιρες n
Hebrew: he בואנוס איירס f בּוּאֶנוֹס אַיְרֶס \ בואנוס איירס
Hindi: hi ब्यूनस आयर्स m
Hungarian: hu Buenos Aires
Italian: it Buenos Aires f
Japanese: ja ブエノスアイレス Buenosuairesu
Khmer: km ប៊ុយណូស៊ែ, km ប៊ុយណូស៊ែរ
Korean: ko ^부에노스 ^아이레스, ko ^붸노스 ^애레스
Latin: la Bonaēropolis ?
Latvian: lv Buenos Aires
Lithuanian: lt Buenos Airės f
Maltese: mt Bwenos Ajres f
Marathi: mr बुएनोस आइरेस n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Буэнос-Айрес
Norman: nrf Bouonézâr ? Jersey
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Буенос Айрес m
Persian: fa بوئنوس آیرس bu'enus âyres
Polish: pl Buenos Aires n
Portuguese: pt Buenos Aires f
Russian: ru Буэ́нос-А́йрес m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Буенос Ајрес m
Latin: sh Buenos Aires m
Sinhalese: si බුවනෝස් අයර්ස්
Spanish: es Buenos Aires ?
Swedish: sv Buenos Aires n
Thai: th บัวโนสไอเรส
Ukrainian: uk Буе́нос-А́йрес m
Urdu: ur بیونس آئرس m
Vietnamese: vi Lương Phong, vi Bu-ê-nốt Ai-rết
Yiddish: yi בוענאָס־אײַרעס ?
References
Further reading
John Nourse (Londres) (1764). Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea: Containing a Demonstration of the Fundamental Principles of this Art Together with All the Practical Rules of Computing a Ship's Way Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middel Latitude Founded Upon the Foregoing Principles with Many Other Useful Things Hereto Belonging to which are Added Several Necessary Tables.
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
buénozàires
NB each component gets its secondary stress, and then the voicing of s at the end of buenos.
Proper noun
? 1
ca capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
ca province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun 1
nhn capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Buenos Ajres
cs Bue nos Ai res
Proper noun
n 1 1 buenosaireský
cs capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
cs province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Further reading
Danish
da:
Proper noun
da proper noun 1
da capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
da province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl es Buenos Aires.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbʏeː.nɔs ˈaːi.rəs/ /ˌbʏɛ-/ /-reːs/
nl Nl-Buenos Aires.ogg
nl Bue nos Ai res
Proper noun
n 1
nl capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
nl province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Buenos-Ayres dated
Pronunciation
Buénŏs‿Aires
proscribed Bouénos‿Aires
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Buenos Aires.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
1
fr capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯rəs/ [buˌɛ-] [ˌbʋɛ-] [-ʁəs]
de /ˌbɔnɔs-/ simplified; somewhat common
de /ˌbu̯eːnɔs-/<qq:rare>
de De-Buenos Aires.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym 1
de capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
de province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Declension
toponym
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor es:Buenos Aires + 1
Pronunciation
błenos ajres LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Buenos Aires.wav Bue.nos Ai.res
Proper noun
n yes Buenos Aires
pl capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
pl province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Buénos Aires
pt Bué nos Ai res
Proper noun
1
pt capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
pt province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
Buenos A+ires 1
Proper noun
n Buenos Aires 1
sk capital c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Further reading
Spanish
es:
es:Provincia de +
Etymology
Named after an epithet of the Virgin Mary, ultimately es an buen ayre good air 1 or es sc bonaria 1.
Pronunciation
es
Proper noun
Buenos Aires
es capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
es Bs. As.
es CNN En imágenes: algunos episodios de la vida de Liam Payne w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/10/17/imagenes-liam-payne-one-direction-trax/ 2024-10-17 El cantante Liam Payne murió a los 31 años tras caer desde el tercer piso de un hotel de Buenos Aires, Argentina, informó la policía local. https://web.archive.org/web/20251010020608/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/10/17/imagenes-liam-payne-one-direction-trax/ 10 October 2025
es province c/Argentina Buenos Aires
Derived terms
es bonaerense
Further reading
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
n Buenos Aires
sv capital city c/Argentina Buenos Aires
sv province c/Argentina Buenos Aires