La palabra «argentina» proviene del latín argentum (plata) y en el idioma español se comenzó a utilizar primero como un latinismo y adjetivo poético (hay un documento de 1587 en que así se lo utiliza). Desde las épocas de Pedro de Mendoza se usaba a veces la frase «río argentino» o «provincia argentina» para referir a la región del Río de la Plata. El cartógrafo portugués Lopo Homem hace referencia al lugar como Terra Argentea en un mapa de 1554
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