Argentine /(?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?)/

Ar·gen·tine

Argentine

a.
  1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
    Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Argentine

n.
  1. A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. (Min.)
  2. White metal coated with silver.
  3. A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina. (Zool.)
  4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
  5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the.