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La Boca (Spanish: [la ˈβoka]; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) [2] is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.. Its location near the Port of Buenos Aires meant the neighbourhood became a melting pot of different cultures during the 20th century, when millions of immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived to Argentina.
Caminito ("little walkway" or "little path" in Spanish) is a street museum and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The place acquired cultural significance because it inspired the music for the famous tango "Caminito (1926)", composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
Puente Transbordador (also known as Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge, Puente Transbordador de La Boca [2] Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda, [3] Antiguo Puente Nicolás Avellaneda or Transbordador del Riachuelo [1]) is a transporter bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The bridge was in use from its completion in 1914 until 1960, when ...
The Avellaneda derby (clásico de Avellaneda), contested between Independiente and Racing, is the second most important rivalry in Argentine football.Both teams are from the city of Avellaneda (that is located into the Greater Buenos Aires) but have many fans throughout the country, being the third (Racing) and fourth (Independiente) most popular clubs in Argentina, accounting for more than 9% ...
Buenos Aires (/ ˌ b w eɪ n ə s ˈ ɛər iː z / or /-ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; [12] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes] ⓘ) [13] [d] is the capital city of Argentina, on the western shore of the Río de la Plata on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" is Spanish for "fair winds" or "good airs".
Spanish is a pro-drop language with respect to subject pronouns, and, like many European languages, Spanish makes a T-V distinction in second person pronouns that has no equivalent in modern English. Object pronouns can be both clitic and non-clitic, with non-clitic forms carrying greater emphasis.
Boca Raton, Florida, a city in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca Raton (disambiguation), several places; Several straits separating Trinidad and Tobago from the South American mainland: The Bocas del Dragón (consisting of the Boca Grande, Boca de Navios, Boca de Huevos, and Boca de Monos) The Boca del Serpiente or Columbus Channel
Similarly, Spanish oreja, Portuguese orelha, French oreille, Romanian ureche, and Sardinian olícra, orícla "ear" must derive from ōric(u)la rather than Classical auris (Occitan aurelha was probably influenced by the unrelated ausir < audīre "to hear"), and the form oricla is in fact reflected in the Appendix Probi.