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/
  • (file)

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

Translations

See also


Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Czech

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Paraguay n

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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


French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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.


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

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

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Paraguay

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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]
  • (file)
  • 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


Swedish

Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Turkish

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

See also


Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
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