Paraguay
UK/ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/
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British/ˈpaɹəɡwɑj/
Paraguay proper noun: a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
Proper noun
Paraguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
- 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...1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30
- A river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River.
Paraguay meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Paraguay in Hindi
- country in South America
- पैराग्वे pairāgve
Paraguay in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Paraguay in Urdu
- country in South America
- پَیراگْوئے pairāgve
Paraguay in Bengali
- country in South America
- প্যারাগুয়ে pêraguẏe
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- Paraguay in Telugu
- పరగ్వే paragvē
- Paraguay in Kannada
- ಪರಗ್ವೆ
- Paraguay in Sinhala
- පැරගුවේ pæraguwē
- Paraguay in Arabic
- بَارَاجُوَاي bārāguwāy, بَارَاغُوَاي bārāḡuwāy, بَرَغواي barāḡuwāy, بَرَجواي barāguwāy
- Paraguay in Malay
- Paraguay
- Paraguay in Indonesian
- Paraguay
- Paraguay in Thai
- ปารากวัย bpaa-raa-gwai
- Paraguay in Vietnamese
- Pa-ra-goay
- Paraguay in Myanmar
- ပာရာဂ္ဝေး parag-we:
- Dhivehi
- ޕެރަގުއޭ peraguē
Origin of Paraguay
Borrowed from Spanish Paraguay, from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ (“Paraguay River”), from paraguâ (“feather crown”) + ĭ (“river”).
Words formed from Paraguay
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Questions about Paraguay
- What does Paraguay mean?
- Paraguay means a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
- What is Paraguay in Hindi?
- Paraguay in Hindi is पैराग्वे (pairāgve). See Paraguay meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Paraguay?
- Paraguay is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Paraguay?
- Paraguay is pronounced /ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Paraguay (page history and authors); Paraguay (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Paraguay (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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