Plate, River
/pleɪt/- a wide estuary on the Atlantic coast of South America at the border between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the confluence of the Rivers Paraná and Uruguay. The cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo lie on its shores. In 1939 it was the scene of a naval battle in which the British defeated the Germans. Spanish name
R ÍO DE LA PLATA.拉普拉塔河(南美大西洋海岸阿根廷与乌拉圭边境上的一个宽阔的河口, 由巴拉纳河和乌拉圭河交汇而成; 布宜诺斯艾利斯市和蒙得维的亚市位于其河畔; 1939年英国人在此海战中击败了德国人; 西班牙语名R ÍO DE LA PLATA)。
词源
Plate from Spanish plata 'silver', exported from the region in the Spanish colonial period.