La Plata

[ lah plah-tah ]

noun

1. a seaport in eastern Argentina.
2. Río de la Plata.

La Plata

/ la ˈplata /

noun

1. a port in E Argentina, near the Río de la Plata estuary: founded in 1882 and modelled on Washington DC; university (1897). Pop: 758 000 (2005 est)
2. See (Río de la) Plata

Example Sentences

Its main city is La Plata, which has a metropolitan area with nearly one million inhabitants.

From BBC

Backward speaking is not confined to the La Plata River area.

From Scientific American

"We need resounding change. We must remove all the people who have left this country destroyed," said Rosalia Garcia, 51, a public accountant at Milei's rally in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province.

From Reuters

After being transferred to other clandestine detention centres in Mendoza and La Plata, he was finally released on 4 March 1977, almost a year after his arrest.

From BBC

The crash happened as the woman crossed the street at an intersection in La Plata a city in Buenos Aires Province.

From BBC