patagón
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named Portuguese patagão by Magellan or Spanish patagón by his men, traditionally said to be from pata (“foot”), referring to the shoes of the Tehuelche. However, the -gón suffix remains unexplained; the more likely origin is an invented name from Amadís de Gaula by Montalvo, similar to California.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
patagón (feminine patagona, masculine plural patagones, feminine plural patagonas)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
patagón m (plural patagones, feminine patagona, feminine plural patagonas)
References[edit]
- Anthony Munday, The Famous and Renowned Historie of Primaleon of Greece, 1619, cap.XXXIII: "How Primaleon… found the Grand Patagon ".
Further reading[edit]
- “patagón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014