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/

• Audio (US):

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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. The Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.

• Paraguayan

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈparaɡvaj]

Paraguay f (related 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)

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
• 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)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Paraguay	—
accusative	Paraguayt	—
dative	Paraguaynak	—
instrumental	Paraguayjal	—
causal-final	Paraguayért	—
translative	Paraguayjá	—
terminative	Paraguayig	—
essive-formal	Paraguayként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Paraguayban	—
superessive	Paraguayon	—
adessive	Paraguaynál	—
illative	Paraguayba	—
sublative	Paraguayra	—
allative	Paraguayhoz	—
elative	Paraguayból	—
delative	Paraguayról	—
ablative	Paraguaytól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Paraguayé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Paraguayéi	—

Possessive forms of Paraguay
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Paraguayom	—
2nd person sing.	Paraguayod	—
3rd person sing.	Paraguaya	—
1st person plural	Paraguayunk	—
2nd person plural	Paraguayotok	—
3rd person plural	Paraguayuk	—

• 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 1945 in Portugal) of Paraguai.

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

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

• Audio (Peru); “Paraguay; capital: Asunción”:

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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).

• guay de Paraguay
• guay del Paraguay
• jazmín del Paraguay
• paraguay
• paraguayismo
• paraguayo/paraguaya

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Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• paraguayan
• paraguayansk
• paraguayanska
• paraguayare
• paraguayo
• paraguaysk
• paraguayte

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

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Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

• (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)