> But neither is the square named for Argentina (the country) This is a really bizarre comment for anyone who knows about Latin languages. Argentina is an adje

> But neither is the square named for Argentina (the country) This is a really bizarre comment for anyone who knows about Latin languages. Argentina is an adjective form of the Latin word for silver. I expect tons of European stuff to have argentina in the name long before Europeans knew of the Americas. They named the South American country after silver, not the other way around.