Almirante
Brown |
Irish
Place Names and Landmarks in Argentina |
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History
of the Toponym |
William
Brown, founder of the Argentine Navy.
Admiral Brown qualified the brig General
Balcarce as ‘a floating bottle of beer’, and the brig Nancy
as a ‘good-for-nothing patacho’. [1] |
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Description
& History of the Place |
Street
in BA city, La Boca (and district in the City of Buenos Aires,
partido and serveral towns). From Parque Lezama up to Avellaneda
bridge, between Irala and Necochea. Know from 1849 as ‘General
Brown’ then changed to ‘Camino de la Boca’ and then ‘Almirante
Brown’ (ordenanza municipal 1881). [1] |
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Naming |
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Irish
Settlements |
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References |
[1]
Cutolo
I 194. |
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