Paraguay

Disputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) y (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/

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Paraguay

2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
   • 1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30:

     Sanson in his Geographical Table hath divided this AMERICA MERIDIONALIS into PERUVIANA, and BRASLIANA [sic], subdividing Peruviana into Terra Firma, and Peru; and Brasiliana, into Brazile, and Paraguay; the first division is taken by a line which from the mouth of the Amazona, goes to seek the utmost part of Chili towards the South, ...

3. A river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River.

• Paraguayan

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈparaɡvaj]

Paraguay f (relational adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• “Paraguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Paraguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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Paraguay n

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

From Spanish Paraguay.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌɡuɑ̝i̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -uɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay
• Hyphenation^(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwe/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwaj/

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Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• Paraguayen
• paraguayen

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa(ː)raˌɡu̯aɪ̯/, [ˈpaʁaˌɡʋaɪ̯], [ˈpaːʁa-], [-ɡuˌaɪ̯]

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Paraguay n (proper noun, genitive Paraguays or (optionally with an article) Paraguay)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• Paraguayer
• paraguayisch

• “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.wa.ˈɨ/

Paraguay

1. Asunción (the capital and largest city of Paraguay)

Paraguay is the name of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. The name of the country is Paraguái.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒɡvaːj]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guay
• Rhymes: -aːj

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America; official name: Paraguayi Köztársaság)

• paraguayi

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡwaj/^[1]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guày

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• paraguaiano / paraguayano

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• paraguayaner
• paraguayansk

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• paraguayan, paraguayanar
• paraguayansk

Paraguay m

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Paraguai.
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter III, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 16:

     — Parece que me enganei. Não foi na guerra do Paraguay, foi noutra mais velha. Não houve outra antes? Pois foi nessa.

     “It seems I was mistaken. It wasn’t in the Paraguayan war, but in a different, older one. Wasn’t there another before? Well, it was that one. […] ”

Borrowed from Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from para (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈɡwai/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞wai̯]

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• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧guay

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
2. Paraguay River (a major river in South America)

• The definite article is optional when referring to Paraguay in Spanish (i.e. el Paraguay).

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Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• Paraguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

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Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)