Patagonia

[pat-uh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh]

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noun

a tableland region of southern Argentina.
a region in S South America, in S Argentina and S Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic.

Patagonia

/ ˌ��æ��əˈɡəʊ��ɪə /

noun

the southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile extending from the Andes to the Atlantic. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
an arid tableland in the southernmost part of Argentina, rising towards the Andes in the west

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Patagonian adjective

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In her hot and sticky office in an old building in the centre of Santiago she describes an environmental campaign that she's part of – Salvemos La Patagonia or Save Patagonia.

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Now when I hear that song it takes me back to that place in Patagonia.

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The conclusions drawn in Southern Patagonia might be replicated in Norway, Alaska, Iceland or New Zealand.

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The 34-year-old mountaineer had previously climbed in the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains.

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Editor's note: Patagonia, the publisher of The Blue Plate, is an advertiser with Grist.

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