How Did The Provinces Of Argentina Get Their Names?

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    Provinces Of Argentina: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinc...
    Jujuy: www.britannica.com/place/Jujuy
    Salta: www.patagonia-argentina.com/e...
    Formosa: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa...
    Catamarca: dino-data.ca/regioninfocard.p...
    Tucuman: placeandsee.com/wiki/provinci...
    Santiago Del Esteros: www.britannica.com/place/Sant...
    Chaco: www.britannica.com/place/Gran...
    Corrientes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrientes
    Misiones: www.britannica.com/place/Misi...
    La Rioja: second.wiki/wiki/etimologc3ad...
    San Juan: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jua...
    Córdoba: pueblosoriginarios.com/biogra...
    Santa Fe: www.definitions.net/definitio...
    San Luis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Lui...
    Mendoza: www.welcomeargentina.com/mend...
    La Pampas: www.britannica.com/place/the-...
    Buenos Aires: theculturetrip.com/south-amer...
    Neuquén: placeandsee.com/wiki/provinci...
    Rio Negro: www.britannica.com/place/Negr...
    Chubut: artsandculture.google.com/ent...
    Santa Cruz: www.collinsdictionary.com/dic...
    Tierra Del Fuego: www.britannica.com/place/Tier...
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  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  2 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    What province of Argentina are you watching from? Let's see if we can get at least one person from each one!

    • @tobiascardozo5801
      @tobiascardozo5801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I'm from Buenos Aires but I'm watching this from Entre Ríos 🙌🏻🙌🏻
      I was expecting this video for years, big fan!

    • @SaxandRelax
      @SaxandRelax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      West Virginia

    • @gt63628
      @gt63628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Tucumán

    • @Neversa
      @Neversa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Provincia de Kazajistán

    • @Tommasso_
      @Tommasso_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'm from Córdoba but currently in Río Negro. I'll be back in Córdoba next month.

  • @anaverageyoutubeuser
    @anaverageyoutubeuser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    Santiago del Estero es basically the Argentine Alabama.

    • @acactuscactus340
      @acactuscactus340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's so true lmao

    • @Meim32008
      @Meim32008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @agustinaaceto3518
      @agustinaaceto3518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And the Argentine Monterrey (from Mexico)

    • @anaverageyoutubeuser
      @anaverageyoutubeuser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@agustinaaceto3518 really? They do incest there too?

    • @DMTe.
      @DMTe. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anaverageyoutubeuser yeah

  • @hugod9131
    @hugod9131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    as an argentinian, you trying to pronunce the province's names was pretty funny lmao.

    • @Regipannu
      @Regipannu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Pobre, al menos lo intenta, pero en serio no puedo con como pronuncia la r jsksj

    • @user-er9er2fr6o
      @user-er9er2fr6o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      neukuen

    • @user-er9er2fr6o
      @user-er9er2fr6o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      sentiagou del estela

    • @DCASLEER
      @DCASLEER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Newquén

    • @santi308
      @santi308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Entle Lios, si aca se arman unos lios...

  • @akai4942
    @akai4942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Few nitpicks:
    Corrientes is just spanish for currents.
    You said that the pampas region is sparsely populated, and while that's true for the province of La pampa, the rest of the pampas are the most populated parts of the southern cone. They are not sparsely populated, at least relative to population density in south america.
    Buenos Aires is just named after Nuestra señora del Buen Ayre, a name for the virgin mary. It has nothing to do with good air

    • @vvventure
      @vvventure 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      it is sparsely populated thou, outside of great bsas there are only 2 cities of 1 million in one of the largest plains of the planet and the virgin is named after "good airs" (actually fair winds for sailors cult)

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@vvventure Yeah, but that's true for most of the country. Once you leave the Capitals, most of what you'll see are small cities.

    • @m_fredi9549
      @m_fredi9549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Wait, La Pampa exist?

    • @alexglassesguy10710
      @alexglassesguy10710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@m_fredi9549 Thats what the presidente want You to think

    • @marcosruiz7665
      @marcosruiz7665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Soy de la pampa😁

  • @codenamemati
    @codenamemati 2 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    A few notes.
    1- "Corrientes" means currents in spanish too.
    2- "Córdoba" was founded as "Córdova de la nueva Andalucía". There are two things to notice. A- It seems "B" & "V" were interchangable back then. B- It means "Córdoba from the New Andalucía". It was named after the spanish Córdoba that is in... Andalucía. Old way of naming, nowadays it would be Córdoba 2.0.
    Anyways, the founder choosed to call it after that place in honor to his wife (she was from there).
    3- Argentina is divided in 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city (that's a city that works as a province although it's just a city). Buenos Aires is a province and it's capital city is La Plata (meaning "The Silver"). The capital of the country is also Buenos Aires, oficially Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires) a.k.a. Capital Federal.

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As far as I know, the spanish Córdoba is actually named after Carthage, so it'd make the one here (I think there's also another one in Colombia) the 3.0.

    • @maxiaguirre
      @maxiaguirre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@victorcabanelas that was Cartagena, it means Cartago nea (new Cartago)

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maxiaguirre Yep, thanks for the correction.

    • @LatisARG
      @LatisARG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxiaguirre Actualy was named Qart hadash (or something like that, don't remember and i'm too lazy to check) that translate to "cartago nova" not nea i think.

    • @maxiaguirre
      @maxiaguirre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@LatisARG exactly, the most interesting thing is the fact that we are speaking English even though we are más argentos que la inflamación

  • @MrBao-yt7bk
    @MrBao-yt7bk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    8:14 small nitpick but the province of Buenos Aires doesn't actually house the country's capital, Buenos Aires city, as it is an autonomous city and functions as its own province. The capital of Buenos Aires province is La PLata, around 50 km's south of C.A.B.A (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Autonomous City).

    • @ramicane1671
      @ramicane1671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires*

    • @nicolassabio2470
      @nicolassabio2470 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should you translate the name of the province?

    • @faygox955
      @faygox955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The city of Buenos Aires is an autonomous city, and is the capital of the country. Exactly the same as in Washington D.C. It is the nation's capital and does not belong to Maryland or Virginia. The capital of the Province of Buenos Aires is the city of La Plata.

    • @marianomartinez3008
      @marianomartinez3008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nicolassabio2470 Si, ya que vos decís Londres, no London

    • @gabon9739
      @gabon9739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soy de la ciudad de La Plata 😎
      Y no se hablar ingles pero dire que en realidad la capital federal es donde se maneja todo y es como si fuera un territorio aparte de las provincias con lo que se puede decir que Argentina esta dividida en 24 provincias pero esto se sigue debatiendo aun dentro del país

  • @pedrofayolle
    @pedrofayolle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Taiwan (prev. Formosa) and the Formosa province don't only share their name, they are also at exact opposite sides of the world. If you dig a tunnel from Formosa going through the center of the Earth, you'd end up in Formosa.

    • @CopiaMan
      @CopiaMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A parte las dos fueron colonias españolas alguna vez

    • @gilmardeazevedomarques5195
      @gilmardeazevedomarques5195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if that was a planned thing

    • @lautarofaccini
      @lautarofaccini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Grande mi formosa representado

    • @pl3k
      @pl3k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't know that, good fun fact.
      I am Argentine but province of La Rioja (which shares its name with a place in Spain because its founder was a Spanish conqueror "Juan Ramírez de Velazco")

    • @lautarofaccini
      @lautarofaccini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@pl3k literalmente todos los que comentamos somos argentinos, al pedo el inglés

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    I believe "Formosa" means "Beautiful" in Portuguese.

    • @liammarshall-butler3384
      @liammarshall-butler3384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      It does, it comes from "fremoso" in Old Portuguese. But there was a sound shift in Spanish that turned a lot of Fs into aspirations that later became silent, which is why the modern Spanish version is "hermoso."

    • @mfvieira89
      @mfvieira89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It does

    • @thadsul
      @thadsul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not coincidentally, he mentioned Taiwan with the portuguese word for island, "ilha", pronouncing it as horrible as always

    • @ThiccPhoenix
      @ThiccPhoenix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought in Spanish the word for beautiful was bonita

    • @heronimousbrapson863
      @heronimousbrapson863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ThiccPhoenix lindo/linda also means "handsome/pretty" (eg. as in the song "cielito lindo").

  • @nicolasflores8544
    @nicolasflores8544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I’m from Cordoba! I really liked the video, and I wanted to share another interesting name from my country.
    In my province there’s a town called Salsipuedes, which means “Get out if you can” in Spanish. The most common theory, is that it comes from a native myth. A man kidnaps a women and her husband starts chasing him. They start fighting near a river, the kidnapper wins and throws the husband into the river and then he taunts him by saying “get out if you can”.
    Also, the guy who founded the city of Cordoba named it in honor of his wife (who was from the city of Cordoba in Spain). And he also got executed because of it.

    • @kaiokendo
      @kaiokendo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HooooLA cooooMO TA

    • @augustooliveira518
      @augustooliveira518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why did the guy who named Cordoba was killed?

    • @nicolasflores8544
      @nicolasflores8544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@augustooliveira518 He was ordered by the Spanish government to found a city in what is now Santiago del Estero but he founded it in the south instead. So they executed him for disobedience.

    • @augustooliveira518
      @augustooliveira518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nicolasflores8544 Did he have a reason to found a city on the south?

    • @nicolasflores8544
      @nicolasflores8544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@augustooliveira518 Mainly because the area here he founded the city was more fertile and had a more temperate climate than Santiago del Estero. Also because it reminded him of the region of Andalusia, where his wife was from.

  • @aeriszona
    @aeriszona 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I am so happy Argentina is being talked about

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As an Argentinian I can confirm

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @wasakamadafuraaaaaaaa Argentina en latam es más conocida por el che👃

    • @user-gb3dg2qw9k
      @user-gb3dg2qw9k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@frolt000 XD si son estereotipos pero como Argentina no me ofende ya que yo se que no somos todos asi y es solo un estereotipo hay que tomarselo con humor. Jaja che👃

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-gb3dg2qw9k yo también soy argentino

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-gb3dg2qw9k de que provincia ?
      Yo de Mendoza

  • @TotoDG
    @TotoDG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    You got someone from Argentina right here!
    I’m from the province of Buenos Aires, but I’m _specifically_ from Balcarce, the birthplace of Formula 1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio. Yes, we have celebrities in sports _other_ than soccer.

    • @shanestanton8
      @shanestanton8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is it true that someone forced an exhumation of Juan’s body in order to see if he/ she was/ is his child?
      On the links, Argentina is the only South American country to have won a major, at least on the men’s side. One by Roberto di Vicenzo, and two from Angel Cabrera

    • @Steveofthejungle8
      @Steveofthejungle8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Manu Ginobili!

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Viví la mayor parte de mi vida a 2 cuadras del último lugar donde vivió Fangio (Parque Patricios).
      Pero no uses la palabra que empieza con "S" para nombrar al fútbol. Eso no se perdona, jajaja!

    • @tanosway3470
      @tanosway3470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@victorcabanelas jajaja es más que nada por los yankees, ellos al leer football por lo general lo asocian al "football americano" y por eso crearon la palabra "soccer". En cambió, un Inglés lee "football" y se imagina lo mismo que un argentino.

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tanosway3470 Me imaginé, pero igual me genera rechazo, jajaja!

  • @faygox955
    @faygox955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I am going to give an example so that people understand what the problem is that even confuses many Argentines. The city of Buenos Aires also known as C.A.B.A. it is an autonomous city, and the capital of the Province of Buenos Aires is La Plata. A case like this happens in the United States. The capital Washington D.C. It is an autonomous city. It does not belong to Maryland or Virginia.
    One can cross without problems from the city to the province, the same thing happens in the USA, one can go from Maryland, pass through Washington D.C. to go to Virginia. But each place has its police, its hospitals, its governor or head of government, its legislature, even its own local laws. I hope my example helps a little, greetings, great video :)

  • @SalteFdez
    @SalteFdez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    QUE HERMOSO PAIS URAAAAA

    • @Juliann12
      @Juliann12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      heromoso pais papa

  • @mevb
    @mevb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    In spanish the H is silent so Hermosa is actually pronounced Er-moe-sah. Therefore names like Hector is prounoced Ector istead of with a loud H like in many countries around the world.

    • @agustinaaceto3518
      @agustinaaceto3518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, it would be "er-moh-sah" cause we pronounce the letter O in one sound, when there's an O, english speakers tend to finish syllables with the sound U the way they pronounce double O in "school". The letter O is a short dry sound. It'd be easier to explain this in an audio 🤣

    • @agustinaaceto3518
      @agustinaaceto3518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And I always wanted to correct something else. When english speakers try to speak spanish fast, they usually pronounce our D like our R. You should think of our D as the sound you make when you pronounce "the". Our D is your TH in THEY or THE (not in THEME or THUNDER)
      On the other hand, to pronounce our soft R think of your D or T. (Yes, we have two kind of R sounds)

  • @jury9683
    @jury9683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    hey, a curious fact abaut San Juan's name: it's called that way because the founder of the province had a big ego and he was named Juan... so yeah he named the province like he was a Saint. Also his son founded the province of San Luis, same here, big ego and name the province after himself

  • @Rodrigo_Vega
    @Rodrigo_Vega 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Another small detail of interest that's a bit confusing even for people living here. The city of Buenos Aires, the _Autonomous City of Buenos Aires_ is not technically part of the Buenos Aires, the province of the same name, but rather a jurisdiction of it's own. Like a tiny city-state.

  • @SanMaster17
    @SanMaster17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    great video, argentina looks like a nice country
    greetings from argentina

  • @GazilionPT
    @GazilionPT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    2:51 It should be stated that "Ilha Formosa" (Taiwan) is a Portuguese name, not Spanish.
    Funny enough, the province of Formosa is almost on the antipodes of Taiwan.

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also, it's closer to i-lya or i-ya formosa, and not ill-hhha

    • @GazilionPT
      @GazilionPT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Alex-fv2qs None of those approximations is great... I didn't mention his botching the pronunciation because botching foreign words is his trademark 😁

    • @thadsul
      @thadsul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Alex-fv2qs as a portuguese speaker from Rio de Janeiro, I would transliterate his pronunciation as "il-RRA". And its funny, but not as much as his attempt at "negro", "cruz" and "tierra" as "neglo", "cluz" and "tiela"

  • @murray9807
    @murray9807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Santa Fe isn't the largest city in the homonimous province, it's Rosario.

    • @abouttime1127
      @abouttime1127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Que duro es vivir en rosario

    • @megustanloschurros
      @megustanloschurros 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abouttime1127 confirmo

    • @tonicatan3057
      @tonicatan3057 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      time cotimes confirmó ×2

    • @argusrex6348
      @argusrex6348 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Confirmo x3

    • @sebas_schz
      @sebas_schz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo naci en Santa Fe y ahora vivo en Buenos Aires

  • @agustinmendezposadas
    @agustinmendezposadas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The capital of Buenos Aires isn't in the Buenos Aires province, they are 2 different things, one is a province and the other is an autonomy city

  • @dragonitzgame
    @dragonitzgame 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hi, good video!
    I just wanted to clarify that, although the theory of "the good airs" is popular, it's considered that the closest origin of the name of the capital is from "Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire" (Our Lady of Good Air), which was a Title of Mary (Like Our Lady of Guadalupe) to whom several navigators from Seville were followers, and mainly Pedro de Mendoza, who was the conqueror who founded the fort in the same area, naming it in tribute to her, in what would later become the city.

  • @DreanPetruza
    @DreanPetruza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Although the Falklands are under British rule, they are formally* part of Tierra del fuego, specifically included in the part "and south atlantic isles".
    * For the Argentine state, as stated in its constitution, the Falklands are part of its land no differently than the rest of the provinces.

    • @garrategs9926
      @garrategs9926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Greetings from tdf(Tierra Del Fuego)

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @MaxiZabala
      @MaxiZabala 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Se llaman Islas Malvinas

    • @garrategs9926
      @garrategs9926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@MaxiZabala viva Argentina

    • @ikad5229
      @ikad5229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@MaxiZabala Desde España les apoyamos! Siempre serán argentinas!

  • @gastonbotelloerro6714
    @gastonbotelloerro6714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just to clarify, Corrientes is named after the capital city. The original name was "San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes", named after one of the guardian saints (San Juan Bautista), the founder of the city (Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón), and most importantly, named after the Seven Currents (or Seven Points). This are seven edges on the Paraná coastline (the most remarkable being Punta San Sebastián) where the water flow creates different streams. As you can guess only the last word was preserved.

    • @richiavalos.1
      @richiavalos.1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A very common mistake about the name of the city of Corrientes is to give it San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes, the name given to the city a century after its foundation, since San Juan Bautista was one of the saints chosen by the founders to To protect the city, which later became the apocope Corrientes, its founder gave it the name of Ciudad de Vera, which appears in the founding act.

  • @valen23arg
    @valen23arg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wonder what americans think after hearing "Rio Negro"

    • @griantesla7644
      @griantesla7644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Reminds me of the video of a girl reading Montenegro and getting offended lol

    • @Tommasso_
      @Tommasso_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@griantesla7644 lmao

    • @elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412
      @elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember that video were a black american was visiting argentina and talked with an american living in argentina he asked he from where he was and he answer that he was from rio negro but he thought he said "real negro"

  • @andjusticef0r4ll
    @andjusticef0r4ll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    me está causando mucha gracia leer gente de mi país queriendo expresarse en inglés xd

  • @facundocadaa9020
    @facundocadaa9020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    VAMOS ARGENTINA CARAJOOOO!

  • @lucho7629
    @lucho7629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I live on La Carlota, Cordoba, Argentina, and we have a twin city on spain, same name on the same province

    • @bll5142
      @bll5142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hermanos 😈

  • @brunobonfiglioliveros7011
    @brunobonfiglioliveros7011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As an argentinian (currently living in Rosario,Santa Fe if you curious ) , this was an incredibly weird and welcomed surprise . Keep up with the good work and thank you for the video!

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an other Argentinian living in Mendoza , this was very random

    • @aneurysm6969
      @aneurysm6969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jajaja yo no entendi una chota ya que no se inglés y no encontre subtitulos en español, al menos puedo leer los comentarios con la traduccion de Google, saludos desde Chubut

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aneurysm6969 nice

    • @brunobonfiglioliveros7011
      @brunobonfiglioliveros7011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aneurysm6969 JAHSJAHSJA que capo

    • @facuburg1159
      @facuburg1159 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greetings from The Conurbano, Buenos Aires.

  • @facucabanne
    @facucabanne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great video!! Loved it!!
    As you mentioned in the beginning of the video, our nation is named after silver and it has many references to it. "Argentina" means "silver land", "Rio de la Plata" literally means "Silver River" and Buenos Aires's capital is called "La Plata" = "The Silver".
    The ballpoint pen thing is quite tricky because the original inventor was Ladislao Biro, a hungarian inventor that got his argentine nationality during WWII.

    • @julianbeltran4200
      @julianbeltran4200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And also our biggest beach city is Mar del Plata: Silver Sea

    • @nahuelzapatrustegui6695
      @nahuelzapatrustegui6695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@julianbeltran4200 Oh , yes . Is a city more great than " The Angels " , California.

  • @pangalanucraft8633
    @pangalanucraft8633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In my case, I am studying English and I am not the best at it, but after years of learning, I can perfectly understand what you say. be happy and don't worry no one will judge you for not knowing our language.

  • @miguelbo2988
    @miguelbo2988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Argentina and its people. Greetings from Argentina.

  • @isaabustamante279
    @isaabustamante279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a informative and well edited video!!, greetings from an argentinian citizen being from Catamarca 😁😁

  • @DreanPetruza
    @DreanPetruza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tips on pronunciation: the H is always silent (2:36 hermosa = /ermosa/)
    Though I'm not fluent in portuguese, the H is silent as well, as in ilha, it's pronounced /ilya/

  • @mothmann_7822
    @mothmann_7822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:51 Santiago del Estero also known as the inbreed province

  • @ramiroormeno7406
    @ramiroormeno7406 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video bro, Greetings from Buenos Aires!!🇦🇷

  • @ivanaznar6495
    @ivanaznar6495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Name Explain! watching from Buenos Aires province, thanks for covering our beautyfull country

  • @Diegus-
    @Diegus- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In Formosa the images are from "Bañado la Estrella" which means something like 'The Star Bathed' is one of the 7 Wonders in our country Argentina, chosen by the very Argentinians.
    It's a stunning and gorgeous extension of wetlands full of beautiful and coloured vegetation, animals, tons of bird species, manedwolves, jaguars, snakes, caimans, capybaras, foxes, etc. Also there are multi coloured algae in the water that makes the place even more beautiful, drowned trees known as "champales" that decorate the swamps in a unique way.
    It's quite unknown even to Argentinians but slowly becoming popular. An obliged destiny for anyone that wants to know a beautiful yet hidden gem in our pretty, huge and diverse country.

  • @mopippenger7373
    @mopippenger7373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    You might like to know that in "que" and "qui" syllables in Spanish you don't pronounce the "u", so "conquistador" is pronounced "cone-kees-tah-door"

  • @juanconstenla1171
    @juanconstenla1171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video and greetings from Chile! The thing that picked my attention was the "estero" meaning, at least here is used as a small river or flow of water that sometimes dries up

  • @omargerardolopez3294
    @omargerardolopez3294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I noticed that your spanish is getting better and better with each video and from now on I will try to help you with that in each video you post, so here are my tips and reminders for today:
    -In spanish the H by itself is *never* pronounced(except only in the case of some words from non-spanish origin)
    -The combination _que_ is *always* pronounced _ke_ in words of spanish origin
    -I've noticed that your Rs sound something more like Ls. My tip here is to not try to make them like the spanish ones, but to make them distinguishable from each other.
    Hope my suggestions reach you

  • @turmasegura8954
    @turmasegura8954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello! the video is very interesting, there are pronunciation errors but it is within all well, some names to be very specific can be complicated for a person accustomed to Anglo-Saxon grammar, I do not say this as criticism, in fact I hope you continue making videos and enjoy doing them, greetings uwu

  • @facundogaray6799
    @facundogaray6799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi everyone! Greetings from Córdoba, one of the most beautiful provinces in Argentina

  • @claudionitor6259
    @claudionitor6259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's incredible how large Argentina is! It has some amazing natural wonders, like "Glaciar Perito Moreno", Fitz Roy or the Iguazu Falls. Can you believe that there are jungles and glaciers in the same country? That is awesome. Nice video, greetings from Argentina.

  • @mhubaide
    @mhubaide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Name Explain! Great video. I'm from Ciudad de Cordoba, but i always thought that Buenos Aires was named after the Virgin Santa María del Buen Ayre, which is the saint of sevillans sailors.

  • @k0ut465
    @k0ut465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "the pampa" doesn't exist, it's just an urban legend.

  • @JaviCandiaYT
    @JaviCandiaYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    En Argentina nací,
    Tierra del Diego y Lionel
    De los pibes de Malvinas que jamás olvidaré
    No te lo puedo explicar, porque no vas a entender
    Las finales que perdimos, cuántas veces las llore
    Pero eso se terminó
    Porque en el Maracana, la final con los Brazucas la volvió a ganar papá
    Muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilucionar
    Quiero ganar la tercera
    Quiero ser campeón mundial
    Y el Diego, que desde el cielo lo podemos ver
    Con Don Diego y con la Tota
    Alentandolo a Lionel 🎵🎵🎵

  • @tomasgrane9401
    @tomasgrane9401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for talking about my country.
    Greetings from Buenos Aires!

  • @luismariamoreno7098
    @luismariamoreno7098 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I celebrate how accurate your data is. I loved your description

  • @Argentina_guy753
    @Argentina_guy753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *yo viendo que mi pais sale en un video gringo*
    orgulloso de ser de che landia

    • @srsebap.t4678
      @srsebap.t4678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exacto.. amigos de che landia

    • @srsebap.t4678
      @srsebap.t4678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Na mentira... Igual sigo siendo argentino

  • @sandoval9276
    @sandoval9276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    great video! love to see my cointry talked about. most of my nitpicks I have, are already covered, but Santa Fé does not remotely contain the largest city in Argentina, the autonomus city of buenos aires (kinda like our D.C.), and the surrounding suburbs that form part lf buenos aires province proper, form our largest city by far.

  • @teovinokur9362
    @teovinokur9362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for covering us!!!! not gonna be nitpicky about the pronunciations, since i know how you fair with those lol

  • @Nom4Trips_
    @Nom4Trips_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video, I like it, I'm from Argentina, Misiones

  • @emilianomartinez456
    @emilianomartinez456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Buenos Aires toma su nombre de la advocación Santa María de Bonaria en Cerdeña, que fue el nombre con el que Pedro de Mendoza nombró al fuerte que fundó.

  • @elsanti9706
    @elsanti9706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Yo, I know you are english but.. the malvines are ARGENTINIAN!!!
    I suggest a CS:GO match to make out who gets to keep them.

    • @griantesla7644
      @griantesla7644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Argentinos siendo argentinos jajaja
      Vamos carajo

    • @Tommasso_
      @Tommasso_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No hinchés las pelotas, flaco.

    • @gt63628
      @gt63628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Tommasso_ Buena ortografía.

    • @skeletonkey6733
      @skeletonkey6733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You Know Argentina was Patagonia and you Spanish loving Nazis who committed genocide against all the indigenous peoples are in for another history lesson and time you were sent home 🤣

    • @elsanti9706
      @elsanti9706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@skeletonkey6733 Yeah, because I am basically the same person like the people who lived on the same land 300years ago. Almost forgot

  • @user-gb3dg2qw9k
    @user-gb3dg2qw9k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video, I am from Argentina 🇦🇷❤️

  • @norberto450
    @norberto450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hi , fun fact! , the province of formosa, and the island of fomosa (taiwan) are on the antipode within eahother, a small section of the northern part of taiwan fits perfectly on the antipode with the north west of formosa province in Argentina.

  • @dantes.p8468
    @dantes.p8468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Orgulloso de ser argentino pa

  • @axelprino
    @axelprino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice video! Although a few things are slightly wrong, but other people already pointed that out, and the pronunciations are a bit wonky.
    Greetings from Argentina! 😊

  • @LB-ru1qx
    @LB-ru1qx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buen video saludos desde Argentina

  • @MaxiZabala
    @MaxiZabala 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hola. Gracias por hacer un video de mi país 🇦🇷😊

  • @SebaMillonario
    @SebaMillonario 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm from Córdoba, and though your explanation of my province's name is very enjoyable, it lacks some extra info...: the meaning indeed LOL. 'Cause "Córdoba" doesn't mean anything in spanish, didn't you notice?But its origins are not in any native american people, it's a pre-roman iberian peninsula people instead.
    Sad for we all, nobody knows what it means. Only that Romans conquered it, and named the place after its conquered people (the iberians), changing only the native language for the latin language. And so "Cordûba" also has no meaning in Latin. And there are many theories about it, but nothing really with certainty.

    • @martinantolinez9998
      @martinantolinez9998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      En un libro viejo de historia de Córdoba que tengo dice que hay una leyenda en la Córdoba Española que atribuye el nombre a que cuando la ciudad era un dominio de Cartago murió un gran guerrero cartaginés en batalla y en su honor nombraron a la ciudad .Así dice el libro que Kar Juva (La Ciudad de Juva ) se convirtió con el tiempo en Kurtuva y luego Córdoba. Eso dice el libro 🤔🤔🤔🤓

    • @SebaMillonario
      @SebaMillonario 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@martinantolinez9998 Excelente aporte! Muchas gracias! A falta de datos ciertos sobre los orígenes, nada mejor que las leyendas jaja

    • @SkoomaCat
      @SkoomaCat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Claaa pero Córdoba. El muchacho acá esta hablando de Cordoba que supongo será otra cosa XD

  • @Juani_lol
    @Juani_lol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:00 to be specific the Paraná river in the west, the Uruguay river in the east and río de la plata at the south where the Uruguay and Paraná meet

  • @brunogonzalez2438
    @brunogonzalez2438 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm from Argentina, although I don't speak English, I liked that they made a video about my country, I couldn't say if the information is accurate, but good video :D

  • @manuelsolis6580
    @manuelsolis6580 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buen video, me suscribo

  • @greenkontora
    @greenkontora 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm waiting for Chile's regions!!

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Been stolen by Argentina

    • @cygnusatratus6004
      @cygnusatratus6004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chile pronounce SHILE

    • @neuquenmax5193
      @neuquenmax5193 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cygnusatratus6004 and No Qatar

    • @mexichango
      @mexichango 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cygnusatratus6004 shilekistan 🦍🇨🇱

    • @Roman_Diaz3788
      @Roman_Diaz3788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      el pasillo

  • @danielalejandrolezcano5051
    @danielalejandrolezcano5051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice video. I'm from Argentina. I live in the capital city of Corrientes province. Buenos Aires city is not part of Buenos Aires province, and the capital city of the province is "La Plata" near to Bs As city. Bs As city has its own government. Is like another province among the others

  • @choniloni
    @choniloni 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video man

  • @lautn9664
    @lautn9664 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Santa Fei" lol, man I really enjoyed the video, thanks for considering my country for a video 💌

  • @mauriba1000
    @mauriba1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Land of fire, suena como a nivel de un Dark Souls xddd

  • @matiasmarcos3804
    @matiasmarcos3804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi, the capital of Buenos Aires is La Plata because in 1994 we create CABA (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires wich means Autonomus City of Buenos Aires) thats the 24 entity in Argentina and is the capital of the nation

  • @pl3k
    @pl3k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    good video :D , greetings from La Rioja (arg).
    I am Argentine but province of La Rioja (which shares its name with a place in Spain because its founder was a Spanish conqueror "Juan Ramírez de Velazco")
    they should come to the festivals that are celebrated in all the provinces in the north of the country throughout January and February (they are already finishing now, so it will be the next one).
    They are festivals where all the people of the north celebrate with dances and folk dances, traditional food, recitals all in reference to our roots (gauchos, indigenous, etc).
    There are not only Argentines from the north, but also from the South and Bs As and people from other countries such as Bolivia, Peru, Chile (because we have cultures in common, in terms of the indigenous) for example the sun on our flag is in reference to a native deity, the same sun with the same meaning as the one on the flag of Uruguay..

  • @TonsonpGG
    @TonsonpGG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷

  • @sussymaximo9014
    @sussymaximo9014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would've included the Falkland Islands, not as in "They're Argentinean" kind of sense, but i wanted to know why the names in english and Spanish are so different (Malvinas - Falklands)

    • @murakyo79
      @murakyo79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Malvinas viene del francés "Malouines", que era el nombre que le pusieron los franceses a las islas. Esa palabra viene de "Saint-Malo", de donde venían los navegantes que estuvieron en la tripulación francesa. Y esta palabra se traduce como "Santo Maclovio", un monje galo que fundó monasterios ahí.
      Falkland es del título de un conde británico que fue el tesorero real, es un pueblo allá en Escocia. Ya esto es teoría mía pero seguro el "Falk" viene de "folk" (Pueblo), así que sería "tierra del pueblo".

  • @dovy3974
    @dovy3974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Your explanation is very good, well developed, but there is a problem, the Falkland Islands are not the same color as Argentina, and those islands are Argentine, maybe they forgot or were not informed much about the Argentine territory

    • @maximosignorello7343
      @maximosignorello7343 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @fishcereal9940
      @fishcereal9940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Argentina doesn't control them though. Usually with disputed territories you'd put lines on them but Falkland/Malvinas Islands are too small and jagged.

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually need a solid claim to the islands

  • @StLouis-yu9iz
    @StLouis-yu9iz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayy thanks for shouting out my hometown StL!

  • @gabipinto
    @gabipinto 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm watching from Neuquén
    Greetings!

  • @marianohernangutierrez2525
    @marianohernangutierrez2525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just a little correction: you pronounce the R like an L. For example: you said "Santiago del Estelo". The R is just like the english R but stronger (difficult to explain).

    • @srsebap.t4678
      @srsebap.t4678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Confirmo..ñññ (soy argentino)

  • @datazowrestling
    @datazowrestling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    LA ARGENTINIDAAAAAD AL PALOOOO

  • @erensrightnut
    @erensrightnut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i find your inability to pronounce some Rs so cute♥ thank you for the video! its nice to see my country talked about (and thank you for reminding people that the ballpoint pen was invented here)

  • @galucetti1141
    @galucetti1141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    About Buenos Aires. I was told that originaly this province name was "Santa María de Los Buenos Aires". That is related to religion again.

  • @randyyy2609
    @randyyy2609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For people who speak Dutch, the province of Neuquén is very funny. It looks very similar to the Dutch word for... well.. making love.

    • @basiliusnaaninga7512
      @basiliusnaaninga7512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Y para los hablantes del Español, "países bajos" es bastante gracioso también porque significa que son países enanos.

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey , I'm from Neuquén

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@basiliusnaaninga7512 Es verdad

    • @frolt000
      @frolt000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neuquén al revés es neuquen

  • @lauratictoc
    @lauratictoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What happened to Patagonia, i thought that was a region there?

    • @mateozanone7216
      @mateozanone7216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Patagonia is a region, not a province.
      It's like saying "west coast". "Patagonia" has many provinces inside it (Chubut, Santa Cruz, Río Negro, etc)

    • @lauratictoc
      @lauratictoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mateozanone7216 Gracias

    • @facucabanne
      @facucabanne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just as Mateo said, Patagonia is just a geographical region. Argentina has other regions like Cuyo, Mesopotamia, Pampa húmeda, Pampa seca (wet and dry pampa), ect.
      They are useful for understanding weather, temperatures, shapes, type of soil, vegetation and animal population. But we rarely use them!

    • @DreanPetruza
      @DreanPetruza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Patagonia includes the provinces of Río Negro to the south.

    • @CorvusLeukos
      @CorvusLeukos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@facucabanne the only one we can use without people staring at us weirdly is Patagonia. The rest sound like being actually educated and that's not something we praise here lol.

  • @matthiasaguero3616
    @matthiasaguero3616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saludos de la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina

  • @GabyEme
    @GabyEme 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gracias papa, la verdad sos una troesma total amiguero

  • @nachogoyco7421
    @nachogoyco7421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saquenme de La Rioja

  • @kristoferspetkus5973
    @kristoferspetkus5973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow im early

  • @WhoaThereMama
    @WhoaThereMama 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Argentinian here! Thanks for making this video

  • @javifulanito8671
    @javifulanito8671 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uh, I didn't expect a video like this ever. Upvote

  • @elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412
    @elnovillomapuchedehomerus2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mendoza used to be chilean territory but like it happened with tierra del fuego, laguna del desierto, puna de atacama, valles andinos australes, part of the beagle canal, big part of patagonia and campos de hielo sur they lost those lands against us because our countries are separated by the peak of the andean mountains and the pacific - atlantic ocean and usually chileans sucked at making accurate maps and so they were claiming lands that from start were ours and because of this they still hate us for supposedly grabbing lands from them.

  • @johncenaplayingstarcraft9580
    @johncenaplayingstarcraft9580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Argentina was named after Sergeant Tina

  • @alvaronobile
    @alvaronobile 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video 👏

  • @cande07
    @cande07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Argentina is a beautiful country, greetings from Argentina!

  • @facundoarkangel130
    @facundoarkangel130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    YAAAASSSS ARGENTINA 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
    malvinas > falklands

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong flag there 🇬🇧

    • @elperritocomunista
      @elperritocomunista 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrkitcatt2119 Me cansaste capo con lo que las islas Malvinas son de reino unido, así que cerrar bien le orto

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elperritocomunista ours since 1765 baby 😎

    • @Alfredo_3_0_0
      @Alfredo_3_0_0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elperritocomunista no le hagas caso ellos gastan mucho dinero en llegar hasta las islas Malvinas

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alfredo_3_0_0 Cost you too much to try steal them last time haha

  • @fenistereinc.5797
    @fenistereinc.5797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Chile's regions too please.

  • @maurofc84
    @maurofc84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! Chubut means something like "full of twist", as in a river thats not straight an its with a lot of turns

  • @chichoschi9017
    @chichoschi9017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from Catamarca. Saludos desde Argentina!!!!

  • @DiegoMartinez-nj9tj
    @DiegoMartinez-nj9tj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ponele subtitulos hermano no entiendo nada soy de argentina

  • @plejdjddashfan8520
    @plejdjddashfan8520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    TE FALTÓ URUGUAY 👻🅱️

    • @emilianososa2079
      @emilianososa2079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proba venir con pesos argentinos, digo, papel higiénico a Uruguay y repetí lo mismo de nuevo.

    • @Roman_Diaz3788
      @Roman_Diaz3788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Provincia oriental del Uruguay

  • @LuLa0RC
    @LuLa0RC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good vid

  • @adrianlopez5019
    @adrianlopez5019 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bien explicado....👍👍👍