South American region, with -ia + Patagon, name given by Europeans to the Tehuelche people who inhabited the coasts of the region, sometimes said to mean literally "large-foot," from Spanish and Portuguese pata "paw, animal foot" (see patten) in reference to the people's llama-skin shoes. But elsewhere said to be from Patagon, name of a dog-headed monster in the prose romance "Amadís de Gaula" (1508) by Garci Ordó?ez de Montalvo (which also might have yielded California).
雙語例句
1. This huge mountain chain continues the great spine that runs from Patagonia to Alaska.
這個(gè)巨大的山脈向北延伸,從巴塔哥尼亞高原直抵阿拉斯加的山脊.
來自電影對(duì)白
2. Peninsula Valdes in Patagonia is a site of global significance for the conservation of marine mammals.