Patagonia
/ˌpætəˈgəʊnɪə/- a region of South America, in southern Argentina and Chile. Consisting largely of a dry barren plateau, it extends from the Colorado River in central Argentina to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.巴塔哥尼亚（南美洲一地区, 位于阿根廷和智利的南部, 主要由一干燥贫瘠的高原构成, 从阿根廷中部的科罗拉多河开始延伸到麦哲伦海峡, 从安第斯山脉一直伸展到大西洋海岸）。
派生词
Patagonian
adjective & noun词源
from obsolete Patagon, denoting a member of a native people alleged by travellers of the 17th and 18th cents to be the tallest known.