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The English word Argentina describes a South American nation, the word itself deriving from the Latin argentinus, meaning "of silver".

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The colors are of the sky and clouds. The sun is the Sun of May (Sol de Mayo), May because it was in May 25th 1810 that the process of independence started (it was delcared in 1816).

Many say the colors are actually beacuse of simpathy for the house of Bournon (Historians are still debating about this).

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It comes from Latin. Argent in latin means silver/coins So, Argentina is like the land of silver. Even today there's the Plata River (Silver River)

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"Argentina" is a Spanish adjective meaning "silvery". You may recognize how that aligns with the Periodic Table symbol for silver (Ag).

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Argentina is located on the continent of South America, to the east of Chile.

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Argentina means “of silver”

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Argentina is the feminine singular of the Latin argentinus meaning "silvery".

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it's a conrty

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