Buenos Ayre

Buenos Ayre proper n

Sp. 'good air', 'favorable winds' < Ciudad da la Santísima Trinidad y puerto de nuestra señora la virgen Maria de los buenos aires.

  1. Argentina's capital; wealthy port; European-style city on the southeastern coast of South America; center of expansive economic growth and land acquisition in the mid-1800s; [metonymy] Argentina; Great Britain's sixth dominion.