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English Dictionary: Argentine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Argentine
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; "Argentinian tango"
    Synonym(s): Argentine, Argentinian
n
  1. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a.
      1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding
            like, silver; silvery.
  
                     Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.      --Shak.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South
            America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum
      silver.]
      1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of
            lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving
            or curved lamellar structure.
  
      2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of Europe ({Maurolicus Pennantii}) with
            silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes
            of the genus {Argentina}.
  
      4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Argentine, MI (CDP, FIPS 3400)
      Location: 42.79018 N, 83.83197 W
      Population (1990): 1907 (814 housing units)
      Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
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