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Uruguayan

/ˌjʊəɹəˈɡwaɪən/

Uruguayan noun: a person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent.

Noun

Uruguayan (plural Uruguayans)

  1. A person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent.
    • Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes. Distin and Baines were involved in a mix-up as the Uruguayan advanced into the area, and he was not about to pass up the gift to shoot low past Howard.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2012

Adjective

Uruguayan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uruguay, the Uruguayan people or the Uruguayan language.

Uruguayan meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

Uruguayan in Bengali

উরুগুয়েয়ীয়

Uruguayan in Tagalog

a person from Uruguay
Uruguwayo
of Uruguay
Uruguwayo

Uruguayan in Arabic

a person from Uruguay
أُورُوغْوَانِيّ ʔūrūḡwāniyy, أُورُوغْوَائِيّ ʔūrūḡwāʔiyy

Forms of Uruguayan

pluralUruguayans

Origin of Uruguayan

From Uruguay + -an.

Words formed from Uruguayan

Questions about Uruguayan

What does Uruguayan mean?
Uruguayan means a person from Uruguay or of Uruguayan descent.
What is Uruguayan in Bengali?
Uruguayan in Bengali is উরুগুয়েয়ীয়. See Uruguayan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Uruguayan?
Uruguayan can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Uruguayan?
Uruguayan is pronounced /ˌjʊəɹəˈɡwaɪən/.
What is the plural of Uruguayan?
The plural of Uruguayan is Uruguayans.

Words near Uruguayan in the dictionary

  1. urucuris
  2. Urueta
  3. Uruetas
  4. Urueña
  5. Uruguay
  6. Uruguayan
  7. Uruguayanness
  8. Uruguayans
  9. uruguaysuchid
  10. uruguaysuchids
  11. uruisg

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Uruguayan (page history and authors); Uruguayan (Bengali 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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