Talk:Mar del Plata

History
It could be wise to move the hole History section of the article to a History of Mar del Plata article for better readability, leaving only a short review of the most important facts. Also, sub section Special Chapter: The last U-boats and other stories could be renamed to World War II, Trivia or Other events. Mariano (t/c) 07:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the idea, Mariano. I will working on these changes as soon as possible. The formatting of the article about Rosario is an example of what you hint. I will leave just a timeline for the MDQ History section and move the bulk of the text to an entire new article. Best regards.

Dario 11:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. Take care, Mariano (t/c) 12:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Translation
Would it be worth mentioning that "Mar del Plata" literally means "the Sea of the Silver" in English? I added that, and somebody removed it. My argument is that I don't know why it shouldn't be in the article, it doesn't harm anything, which is why I was quite surprised that somebody instantly reverted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.53.225 (talk) 21:26, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi there. I've lived in Mar del Plata all my life, and never was, among local "historians", a total consensus about the origin of the name. Some were trying hard to discover a Mapuche toponimic translated to Spanish, some fell to the temptation of relating this to the grey-coloured waters. The more plain explanation is, however, that the meaning is "Mar del Río de la Plata" o "Mar de la región del Plata" -something like "Sea of the River Plate" or ""Sea of the River Plate region" in English-. We should remember that the first important settlement (1874) on the shores between the River Plate and Bahia Blanca was indeed Mar del Plata. I think the latter is the more suitable explanation. "Plata" doesn't mean "silver" in this context, but "plate" (for the River Plate) instead. Regards.--Darius (talk) 21:57, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * P/S: another strong evidence is the masculine gender of the article in the contraction "del" ("of the" in English). "Plata" (the metal) is a female noun in Spanish; "El Plata" (river) is masculine. "The Sea of the Silver" would be "Mar de la Plata" in Spanish.--Darius (talk) 02:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Topic now adressed in the intro, with the proper citation. Better late than never :) --Darius (talk) 23:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I thought the country, the river and the region in general acquired the name because of the silver flowing from Potosi.

It does. The River Plate is an anglicization of El Rio de la Plata, done by the British during the 19th century. Plate is a lazy, non-translation of Plata if you will. Darius' comment on the gender of Mar del Plata does seem to mean that it refers to the river, which borders the local sea. The water of the River Plate estuary turns to sea water around the northern end of Samborombón Bay, (Mar del Plata is at the southern end of the bay), with an intermediate brackish estuarine water inbetween. Clearly the sea around Mar del Plata can be seen as an extension of the estuary, or even vice versa. The wikipedia article on Rio de la Plata is very helpful and the NASA photograph clearly shows the division between estuary and sea. It makes sense that the sea around Mar del Plata would take it's name from the estuary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlpieDLL13 (talk • contribs) 23:42, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

???
"countless hotels, restaurants, casinos, theatres and other tourist attractions"

really? countless? May be dozens or even hundreds, but not countless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.160.23.2 (talk) 14:12, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Addressed now. Thank you.--Darius (talk) 12:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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