Paraguay

See also: paraguay

English

Etymology

Disputed; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) i (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Paraguay

2. A country in South America, the Republic of Paraguay; its territory
   • 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. Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná

Derived terms

• Paraguayan

Translations

country in South America

• Adyghe: Парагуай (Paragʷaj)
• Afrikaans: Paraguay
• Albanian: Paraguaji, Paraguaj m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ፓራጓይ (paragʷay)
• Arabic: بَارَاجُوَاي f (bārāguwāy), بَارَاغُوَاي f (bārāḡuwāy)
• Armenian: Պարագվայ (Paragvay)
• Azerbaijani: Paraqvay (az)
• Basque: Paraguai
• Belarusian: Парагва́й m (Parahváj)
• Bengali: প্যারাগুয়ে (pêraguẏe)
• Breton: Paraguay
• Bulgarian: Парагва́й m (Paragváj)
• Burmese: ပာရာဂ္ဝေး (parag-we:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴拉圭 (zh) (Bālāguī)

• Czech: Paraguay (cs) m
• Danish: Paraguay (da)
• Dhivehi: ޕެރަގުއޭ (peraguē)
• Dutch: Paraguay (nl)
• 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)
• Hebrew: פרגוואי / פָּרַגְוַאי (he) (paragvay)
• Hindi: पैराग्वे (hi) (pairāgve)
• Hungarian: Paraguay (hu)
• Icelandic: Paragvæ (is)
• 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 (Paragwai)
• Kyrgyz: Парагвай (Paragvay)
• Lao: ປາຣາກວາຍ (pā rāk wāi), ປາລາກວາຍ (pā lāk wāi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Paragvaja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Paragvajus (lt) m
• Luhya: Paragwe
• Luo: Paragwe
• Macedonian: Парагвај m (Paragvaj)
• Malay: Paraguay
• Maltese: il-Paragwaj
• Meru: paragwe
• Mongolian: Парагвай (Paragvaj)
• Navajo: Warani Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Paraguay m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Paraguay

  Nynorsk: Paraguay (nn)

• Occitan: Paraguai (oc) m
• Persian: پاراگوئه (pârâgu'e)
• Polish: Paragwaj (pl)
• Portuguese: Paraguai (pt) m
• Romanian: Paraguay (ro) n
• Russian: Парагва́й (ru) m (Paragváj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Парагвај m

  Roman: Paragvaj (sh) m

• Sinhalese: පැරගුවේ (pæraguwē)
• Slovak: Paraguaj m
• Slovene: Paragvaj (sl) m
• Spanish: Paraguay (es) m
• Swahili: Paragwai (sw)
• Swedish: Paraguay (sv)
• Tajik: Парагвай (Paragvay)
• Tatar: Парагвай (Parağway)
• 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 (pairāgūe)
• Uyghur: پاراگۋاي (paragway)
• Uzbek: Paragvay (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pa-ra-goay
• Yiddish: פּאַראַגווײַ (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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Czech

Proper noun

1. Paraguay

Related terms

• paraguayský
• Paraguayec

Further reading

• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Paraguay n

1. Paraguay

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. 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	—
abessive		Paraguaytta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Paraguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paraguayni — accusative nom. Paraguayni — gen. Paraguayni genitive Paraguayni — partitive Paraguaytani — inessive Paraguayssani — elative Paraguaystani — illative Paraguayhini — adessive Paraguayllani — ablative Paraguayltani — allative Paraguaylleni — essive Paraguaynani — translative Paraguaykseni — abessive Paraguayttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaysi — accusative nom. Paraguaysi — gen. Paraguaysi genitive Paraguaysi — partitive Paraguaytasi — inessive Paraguayssasi — elative Paraguaystasi — illative Paraguayhisi — adessive Paraguayllasi — ablative Paraguayltasi — allative Paraguayllesi — essive Paraguaynasi — translative Paraguayksesi — abessive Paraguayttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaymme — accusative nom. Paraguaymme — gen. Paraguaymme genitive Paraguaymme — partitive Paraguaytamme — inessive Paraguayssamme — elative Paraguaystamme — illative Paraguayhimme — adessive Paraguayllamme — ablative Paraguayltamme — allative Paraguayllemme — essive Paraguaynamme — translative Paraguayksemme — abessive Paraguayttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaynne — accusative nom. Paraguaynne — gen. Paraguaynne genitive Paraguaynne — partitive Paraguaytanne — inessive Paraguayssanne — elative Paraguaystanne — illative Paraguayhinne — adessive Paraguayllanne — ablative Paraguayltanne — allative Paraguayllenne — essive Paraguaynanne — translative Paraguayksenne — abessive Paraguayttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaynsa — accusative nom. Paraguaynsa — gen. Paraguaynsa genitive Paraguaynsa — partitive Paraguaytaan Paraguaytansa — inessive Paraguayssaan Paraguayssansa — elative Paraguaystaan Paraguaystansa — illative Paraguayhinsa — adessive Paraguayllaan Paraguayllansa — ablative Paraguayltaan Paraguayltansa — allative Paraguaylleen Paraguayllensa — essive Paraguaynaan Paraguaynansa — translative Paraguaykseen Paraguayksensa — abessive Paraguayttaan Paraguayttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• paraguaylainen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwe/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay

Derived terms

• Paraguayen
• paraguayen

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German

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Paraguay n (proper noun, strong, genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay

Derived terms

• Paraguayer
• Paraguayerin
• paraguayisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay

Derived terms

• paraguaiano / paraguayano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Paraguay

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay

Related terms

• paraguayaner
• paraguayansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay

Related terms

• paraguayan, paraguayanar
• paraguayansk

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from pará (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).

Pronunciation

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

• audio:

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Proper noun

Paraguay f

1. Paraguay
2. Paraguay River

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• Uruguay

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Swedish

Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay