Paraguay
See also: paraguay
English
Etymology
Disputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) i (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Paraguay
- A country in South America; the Republic of Paraguay.
Derived terms
Translations
country in South America
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See also
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Czech
Proper noun
Paraguay m
Related terms
Further reading
- Paraguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Proper noun
Paraguay n
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/
Proper noun
Paraguay
Declension
| Inflection of Paraguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Paraguay | — | |
| genitive | Paraguayn | — | |
| partitive | Paraguayta | — | |
| illative | Paraguayhin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Paraguay | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Paraguay | — |
| gen. | Paraguayn | ||
| genitive | Paraguayn | — | |
| partitive | Paraguayta | — | |
| inessive | Paraguayssa | — | |
| elative | Paraguaysta | — | |
| illative | Paraguayhin | — | |
| adessive | Paraguaylla | — | |
| ablative | Paraguaylta | — | |
| allative | Paraguaylle | — | |
| essive | Paraguayna | — | |
| translative | Paraguayksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Paraguaytta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.ɡwaj/
Proper noun
Paraguay m
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaʁaɡwaɪ/
Proper noun
Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Paraguay m
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Flag of Paraguay
Proper noun
Paraguay
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Paraguay
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Spanish
Etymology
From Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from pará (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɾaˈɡwai/, [paɾaˈɣwai̯]
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audio (file)
Proper noun
Paraguay f
- Paraguay
- Paraguay River
Derived terms
- paraguariense
- paraguay
- paraguayismo
- paraguayo/paraguaya
Related terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)
- Paraguay
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