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paraguay

UK/ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,786 of 15,258mostly written

Paraguay is the landlocked South American country of Asuncion. Travel to Paraguay, born in Paraguay, the north of Paraguay.

It is one of the few countries where an indigenous language is spoken by the majority: Guarani is official alongside Spanish and is used by most of the population, including people with no indigenous ancestry, which is unusual in the Americas.

Republica del Paraguay · Public domain

Definitions of paraguay

  1. 1nounparaguayA landlocked country in South America.B2+

    “Paraguay lies between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia.”

paraguay is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Spanish

    Paraguay

  2. English

    Paraguay

  3. English, today

    paraguay

Paraguay Borrowed from Spanish Paraguay. Spanish Paraguay, from gn-cls Paraguaĭ (“Paraguay River”), from paraguâ + ĭ.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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