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Pueyrredón may refer to:
- ARA Pueyrredón, a Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy
- Chilean brigantine Águila (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy, renamed Pueyrredón
- General Pueyrredón Partido, administrative subdivision on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Honorio Pueyrredón (1876–1945), an Argentine lawyer, university professor, diplomatic and politician
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1776–1850), an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Museum, Buenos Aires, near Acassuso, in the partido of San Isidro, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Prilidiano Pueyrredón (1823–1870), an Argentine painter, architect, and engineer
- Pueyrredón (surname)
- Villa Pueyrredón, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina
- Pueyrredón (Line B Buenos Aires Metro)
- Pueyrredón (Line D Buenos Aires Metro)
Pueyrredón is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground. Passengers may transfer from here to the Corrientes Station on Line H.
It is located in the Balvanera barrio, at the intersection of Avenida Corrientes and Avenida Pueyrredón, and named after the latter.
Pueyrredón is a station on Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground. The station will have combinations with Line H at Santa Fe.
The Pueyrredón surname has its origins in 13th century France. Initial variants were Puyredón, Puiredón, Puecheredón and Puitredón. The etymology comes from "Podium Rotundum". "Puy" ("podium" in Latin) means mountain or hill, and "redón" means round. So, Pueyrredón" would mean "rounded hill". It was used at the Languedoc to name "puy" (podium) any lonely mountain. As such structures were strategically useful for the construction of castles, many royal families had names with the "Puy" element in them.
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón is a noted member of the Pueyrredón family of Buenos Aires, with French ancestry. The surname had not acute accent at the "o", neither by the members of the family or by contemporary people. Nevertheless, the current usage always apply such accent, even at the transcription of historic documents.