The Río de la Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ðe la ˈplata] ; lit. 'River of Silver'), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English,...
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The Río de la Plata basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Plata, Portuguese: Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, sometimes...
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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Virreinato del Río de la Plata or Spanish: Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River...
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The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Spanish:...
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Governorate of the Río de la Plata (1549−1776) (Spanish: Gobernación del Río de la Plata, pronounced [ɡoβeɾnaˈsjon del ˈri.o ðe la ˈplata]) was one of the...
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up Río de la Plata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Río de la Plata (River Plate) is a river estuary in Argentina and Uruguay. Río de la Plata may...
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Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Río de la Plata," and means "sea of the Río de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River)...
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Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary. La Plata was...
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Molinos Río de la Plata (BCBA: MOLI) is Argentina's largest branded food products company. The company is a large exporter of sunflower processed oil...
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Battle of the River Plate (redirect from Battle of the Rio de la Plata)
and sighted Graf Spee off the estuary of the River Plate (a.k.a. the Río de la Plata) near the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay. In the ensuing battle, Exeter...
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became Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Eventually, a Spanish expedition traveling from Peru in 1545 found the Cerro Rico de Potosí in Bolivia, a massive...
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of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay...
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Rioplatense Spanish (redirect from Río de la Plata Spanish)
Plate Spanish, is a variety of Spanish originating in and around the Río de la Plata Basin, and now spoken throughout most of Argentina and Uruguay. It...
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apparently encountered the Río de la Plata, which flows through Argentina and Uruguay, thus naming a portion of his property "La Plata". In the 1870s, a section...
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existing Viceroyalty of Peru, creating the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. The head of state continued to be the king, but he was represented...
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The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, also known as Paraná War, was a five-year naval blockade imposed by France and the United Kingdom on...
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closed when Río de la Plata collided with Kalahari about 545 Ma along the sinistral Sierra Ballena Shear Zone. The São Francisco and Río de la Plata cratons...
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Paraná River (redirect from Rio de Parana)
River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The first European to go up the...
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Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ ðe ximˈnasjaj esˈɣɾima la ˈplata]; La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club), also known...
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Evangelical Church of the River Plate (redirect from Evangelical Waldensian Church of Río de la Plata)
Río de la Plata or IERP) is a United, Protestant denomination with congregations in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is named after the Río de la...
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Banda Oriental (category Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata)
Oriental del Río Uruguay (Eastern Bank), was the name of the South American territories east of the Uruguay River and north of Río de la Plata that comprise...
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Governors in the various provinces of the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. In addition to governors, the following list (under construction) intends to...
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blockade of the Río de la Plata was a two-year-long naval blockade imposed by France on the Argentine Confederation ruled by Juan Manuel de Rosas. It closed...
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River Plate Championships (redirect from Campeonatos de Río de la Plata)
Campeonatos del Río de la Plata, formally named River Plate International Tennis Championships or Campeonatos Internacionales de Tenis del Río de la Plata, were...
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Etymology of Argentina (redirect from Estados Unidos de la República Argentina)
first voyages made by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors to the Río de la Plata (meaning "River of Silver") in the first years of the 16th century...
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Real Audiencia of Charcas (redirect from Audiencia de Charcas)
the Governorate of Charcas (es), Paraguay and the Governorate of the Río de la Plata (now Uruguay and northern Argentina). The audiencia oversaw the incredible...
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the Río de la Plata after the Argentine Declaration of Independence. Pueyrredón was born in Buenos Aires, the fifth of eight sons of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón...
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The dissolution of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata meant the breakup of the Spanish colony in South America and the creation of new independent...
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Spanish colonization of the Americas (redirect from La Conquista)
of Río de la Plata is a major metropolis, it held no interest for Spaniards and the 1535–36 settlement failed and was abandoned by 1541. Pedro de Mendoza...
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"platina", a reference to the Río de la Plata. Thus, the name Cisplatina means "province on the same side of the Río de la Plata", alluding to the fact that...
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