火地島

Chinese

fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
island
trad. (火地島)
simp. (火地岛)

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

火地島

  1. Tierra del Fuego (an archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands)
  2. Tierra del Fuego (an island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego)