Paraguay
See also: paraguay
English
editEtymology
editDisputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) y (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/
Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
editParaguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
- 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, ...
- 1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30:
- The Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcountry in South America
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See also
editCentral Huasteca Nahuatl
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay f (related adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDanish
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editParaguay n
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌɡuɑ̝i̯]
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]
- Rhymes: -uɑi
- Hyphenation(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay
Proper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension
editInflection of Paraguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay n (proper noun, genitive Paraguays or (optionally with an article) Paraguay)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Guaraní
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay
Usage notes
editParaguay is the name of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. The name of the country is Paraguái.
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
editItalian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editParaguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Paraguay in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Related terms
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editParaguay m
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of Paraguai.
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from para (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /paɾaˈɡwai/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞wai̯]
Audio (Peru); “Paraguay; capital: Asunción”: (file) - Rhymes: -ai
- Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧guay
Proper noun
editParaguay m
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
- Paraguay River (a major river in South America)
Usage notes
edit- The definite article is optional when referring to Paraguay in Spanish (i.e. el Paraguay).
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSwedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editParaguay n (genitive Paraguays)
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Paraguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Turkish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Declension
editsingular | |
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nominative | Paraguay |
accusative | Paraguay'ı |
dative | Paraguay'a |
locative | Paraguay'da |
ablative | Paraguay'dan |
genitive | Paraguay'ın |
possessive of Paraguay
singular | plural | |
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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
editWestern Huasteca Nahuatl
editProper noun
editParaguay
- Paraguay (a country in South America)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Guaraní
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Paraguay
- en:Countries in South America
- en:Countries
- en:Rivers in Brazil
- en:Rivers in Paraguay
- en:Rivers in Bolivia
- en:Rivers in Argentina
- en:Places in Brazil
- en:Places in Paraguay
- en:Places in Bolivia
- en:Places in Argentina
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Paraguay
- nch:Countries in South America
- nch:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Paraguay
- nhn:Countries in South America
- nhn:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Paraguay
- cs:Countries in South America
- cs:Countries
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech soft feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Paraguay
- da:Countries in South America
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Paraguay
- nl:Countries in South America
- nl:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Rhymes:Finnish/uɑi
- Rhymes:Finnish/uɑi/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Paraguay
- fi:Countries in South America
- fi:Countries
- Finnish rosé-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
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- fr:Paraguay
- fr:Countries in South America
- fr:Countries
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Paraguay
- de:Countries in South America
- de:Countries
- Guaraní terms with IPA pronunciation
- Guaraní lemmas
- Guaraní proper nouns
- gn:Cities in Paraguay
- gn:National capitals
- gn:Places in Paraguay
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːj
- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːj/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Paraguay
- hu:Countries in South America
- hu:Countries
- Italian terms borrowed from Spanish
- Italian unadapted borrowings from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/aj
- Rhymes:Italian/aj/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Paraguay
- it:Countries in South America
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Paraguay
- nb:Countries in South America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Paraguay
- nn:Countries in South America
- nn:Countries
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese forms superseded in 1943
- Portuguese forms superseded in 1945
- Spanish terms borrowed from Guaraní
- Spanish terms derived from Guaraní
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Paraguay
- es:Countries in South America
- es:Countries
- es:Rivers in South America
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Paraguay
- sv:Countries in South America
- sv:Countries
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Paraguay
- tr:Countries in South America
- tr:Countries
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhw:Paraguay
- nhw:Countries in South America
- nhw:Countries