Paraguay
See also: paraguay
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Disputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) i (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
PronunciationEdit
- (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 nounEdit
Paraguay
- 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, ...
- 1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30:
- Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country in South America
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
CzechEdit
Proper nounEdit
Paraguay m
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Paraguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Paraguay
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | — | — | |
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from pará (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Paraguay f