← All words
proper noun

Tierra del Fuego

/ˌtjera del ˈfweɡo/

proper noun/ˌtjera del ˈfweɡo/

Tierra del Fuego (island between Chile and Argentina); Tierra del Fuego (archipelago); Tierra del Fuego (a province of Argentina); Tierra del Fuego (a province of Chile); a department of Chile

Literally, “Land of Fire”, reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Tierra del Fuego — Spanish Dictionary | Passage