Tierra del Fuego

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tierra del Fuego (literally “Land of Fire”), reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfweɪɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tiˌɛɹə dɛl ˈfweɪɡoʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

Proper noun

Tierra del Fuego

1. An island at the southern tip of South America, divided between Chile and Argentina.
2. The archipelago consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands.

   Synonym: (archaic) Fireland

3. A province of Argentina. Capital: Ushuaia.
4. A province of Chile. Capital: Porvenir.
5. A former department of Chile.

Derived terms

• Fuegian

Translations

archipelago between Chile and Argentina

• Albanian: Toka e Zjarrtë f
• Arabic: أَرْض النَّار f (ʔarḍ an-nār)
• Armenian: Հրո երկիր (Hro erkir)
• Basque: Suaren Lurraldea
• Breton: Douar an Tan m
• Catalan: Terra del Foc f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火地島 / 火地岛 (zh) (Huǒdì Dǎo)

• Czech: Ohňová země f
• Danish: Ildlandet n
• Dutch: Vuurland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Fajrolando
• Estonian: Tulemaa (et)
• Finnish: Tulimaa (fi)
• French: Terre de Feu (fr) f
• Galician: Terra do Fogo (gl) f
• Georgian: ცეცხლოვანი მიწა (cecxlovani mic̣a)
• German: Feuerland (de) n
• Greek: Γη του Πυρός f (Gi tou Pyrós)
• Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הָאֵשׁ f ('éretz ha'ésh)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: Tűzföld (hu)
• Icelandic: Eldland n
• Italian: Terra del Fuoco f
• Japanese: ティエラ・デル・フエゴ (Tiera deru Fuego)
• Korean: 티에라델푸에고 (Tieradelpuego)
• Latin: Terra Ignium f
• Latvian: Ugunszeme f
• Lithuanian: Ugnies Žemė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ildlandet n

  Nynorsk: Eldlandet n

• Occitan: Tèrra del Fuòc f
• Polish: Ziemia Ognista f
• Portuguese: Terra do Fogo (pt) f
• Russian: О́гненная Земля́ f (Ógnennaja Zemljá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: О̏гњена̄ Зѐмља f

  Roman: Ȍgnjenā Zèmlja (sh) f

• Slovak: Ohňová zem f
• Slovene: Ognjena zémlja f, Ognjena dežéla f
• Spanish: Tierra del Fuego (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: Eldslandet (sv) n
• Thai: เตียร์ราเดลฟวยโก (dtiia-raa deel fuai-goo)
• Turkish: Ateş Toprakları
• Ukrainian: Вогня́на Земля́ f (Vohnjána Zemljá)
• Vietnamese: Đất Lửa

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “Land of Fire”, reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtjera del ˈfweɡo/ [ˌt̪je.ra ð̞el ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
• Syllabification: Tie‧rra del Fue‧go

Proper noun

la Tierra del Fuego f

1. Tierra del Fuego (island between Chile and Argentina)
2. Tierra del Fuego (archipelago)
3. Tierra del Fuego (a province of Argentina)
4. Tierra del Fuego (a province of Chile)
5. (historical) A department of Chile

Derived terms

• foguino
• fueguino
• roble de Tierra del Fuego
• terrafocense