Uragua

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish Uruguay; disputed beyond that; Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) i (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) i (“water”).

Proper noun

Uragua m (genitive Uragua)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America; official name: Poblacht Oirthearach Uragua)

Derived terms

• Uraguach (“Uruguayan”, adjective)
• Uraguach m (“Uruguayan”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Uragua	nUragua	hUragua	tUragua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Uruguay”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Uragua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm