Paraguay

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

• (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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Proper noun

Paraguay

1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay.
   • 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, ...

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

Derived terms

• Paraguayan

Translations

country in South America

Abkhaz: Парагәаи (Pʼaragʷaj) Adyghe: Парагуай (Paaraagʷaaj) Afrikaans: Paraguay Albanian: Paraguaj m (indefinite), Paraguaji m (definite) Amharic: ፓራጓይ (paragʷay) Arabic: بَارَاجُوَاي‎ f (bārāguwāy), بَارَاغُوَاي‎ f (bārāḡuwāy) Hijazi Arabic: باراقواي‎ f (bārāgwāy), پاراقواي‎ f (pārāgwāy) Armenian: Պարագվայ (Paragvay) Azerbaijani: Paraqvay (az) Basque: Paraguai (eu) Belarusian: Парагва́й m (Parahváj) Bengali: প্যারাগুয়ে (bn) (pẏaraguye) Breton: Paraguay Bulgarian: Парагва́й m (Paragváj) Burmese: ပာရာဂ္ဝေး (parag-we:) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴拉圭 (zh) (Bālāguī) Czech: Paraguay (cs) m Danish: Paraguay (da) n Dhivehi: ޕެރަގުއޭ‎ (peraguē) Dutch: Paraguay (nl) n Esperanto: Paragvajo (eo) Estonian: Paraguay (et) Finnish: Paraguay (fi) French: Paraguay (fr) m Galician: Paraguai (gl) m Georgian: პარაგვაი (ṗaragvai) German: Paraguay (de) n Greek: Παραγουάη (el) f (Paragouái) Guaraní: Paraguái Hebrew: פרגוואי / פָּרַגְוַאי‎ (he) f (paragváy) Hindi: पैराग्वे (hi) m (pairāgve) Hungarian: Paraguay (hu) Icelandic: Paragvæ (is) n Indonesian: Paraguay (id) Interlingua: Paraguay Irish: Paragua (ga) Italian: Paraguay (it) m Japanese: パラグアイ (ja) (Paraguai) Kalenjin: Paragwe Kamba: Paragwe Kazakh: Парагвай (Paragvai) Khmer: ប៉ារ៉ាហ្គាយ (paaraagiəy) Kikuyu: Paragwe Korean: 파라과이 (ko) (Paragwai), 빠라과이 (ko) (Pparagwai) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Paraguay Kyrgyz: Парагвай (Paragvay) Lao: ປາລາກວາຍ (pā lā kuāi), ປາຣາກວາຍ (pā rā kuāi) Latvian: Paragvaja (lv) f Lithuanian: Paragvajus (lt) m Luhya: Paragwe Luo: Paragwe Macedonian: Парагвај m (Paragvaj) Malay: Paraguay Maltese: il-Paragwaj Meru: paragwe Mongolian: Cyrillic: Парагвай (Paragvaj) Navajo: Warani Dineʼé bikéyah Norman: Paraguay m Norwegian: Bokmål: Paraguay n Nynorsk: Paraguay (nn) n Occitan: Paraguai (oc) m Persian: پاراگوئه‎ (pârâgu'e) Polish: Paragwaj (pl) m Portuguese: Paraguai (pt) m Romanian: Paraguay (ro) n Russian: Парагва́й (ru) m (Paragváj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Па̏рагва̄ј m Roman: Pȁragvāj (sh) m Sinhalese: පැරගුවේ (pæraguwē) Slovak: Paraguaj m Slovene: Paragvaj (sl) m Spanish: Paraguay (es) m Swahili: Paragwai (sw) Swedish: Paraguay (sv) n Tajik: Парагвай (Paragvay) Tatar: Парагвай (Parağway) Telugu: పరగ్వే (paragvē) Thai: ปารากวัย (th) (bpaa-raa-gwai) Tibetan: པ་ར་གུ་ཡེ (pa ra gu ye) Turkish: Paraguay (tr) Turkmen: Paragwaý Ukrainian: Парагва́й (uk) m (Parahváj) Urdu: پیراگوئے‎ m (pairāgūe) Uyghur: پاراگۋاي‎ (paragway) Uzbek: Paragvay (uz) Vietnamese: Pa-ra-goay Yiddish: פּאַראַגווײַ‎ n (paragvay) Yoruba: Paraguye

See also

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

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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Czech

Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• paraguayský
• Paraguayec

Further reading

• Paraguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Paraguay n

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Paraguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑrɑˌɡuɑi̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯]
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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		—	—

Possessive forms of Paraguay (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Paraguayni	Paraguaymme
2nd person	Paraguaysi	Paraguaynne
3rd person	Paraguaynsa

Derived terms

• paraguaylainen

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French

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Paraguayen
• paraguayen

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German

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Paraguayer
• paraguayisch

Further reading

• “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.wa.ˈɨ/

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Asunción

Usage notes

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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	—

Derived terms

• paraguayi

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• paraguaiano / paraguayano

References

1. Paraguay in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

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Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Paraguay

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• paraguayaner
• paraguayansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• paraguayan, paraguayanar
• paraguayansk

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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

Proper noun

Paraguay m

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• Uruguay

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Swedish

Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

declension of Paraguay

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Paraguay
accusative (belirtme)	Paraguay'ı
dative (yönelme)	Paraguay'a
locative (bulunma)	Paraguay'da
ablative (çıkma)	Paraguay'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Paraguay'ın

    possessive of Paraguay

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Paraguay'ım	Paraguaylarım / Paraguay'larım
senin (your)	Paraguay'ın	Paraguayların / Paraguay'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Paraguay'ı	Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları
bizim (our)	Paraguay'ımız	Paraguaylarımız / Paraguay'larımız
sizin (your)	Paraguay'ınız	Paraguaylarınız / Paraguay'larınız
onların (their)	Paraguay'ı / Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları	Paraguayları / Paraguay'ları

See also

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

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)