Paraguay

See also: paraguay

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Guarani paraguâ

Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ

Classical Guarani ĭ

Classical Guarani Paraguaĭbor.

Spanish Paraguaybor.

English Paraguay

Borrowed from Spanish Paraguay, from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ (“Paraguay River”), from paraguâ (“feather crown”) +‎ ĭ (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹəɡweɪ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɹəɡwɑj/, /ˈpaɹəɡwɛj/

  • Audio (Standard Southern British); /ˈpaɹəɡwɑj/:

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• (US)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹəɡwaɪ/

    • Audio (US); /ˈpɛɹəɡweɪ/:

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾəɡwaɪ/, /ˈpaɾɹəɡwe/

Proper noun

Paraguay

2. 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, ...

4. A river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River.

Derived terms

• Paraguayan

Related terms

• Alto Paraguay

Translations

country in South America

• Abkhaz: Парагәаи (Pʼaragʷaj)
• Afrikaans: Paraguay
• Albanian: Paraguaj m (indefinite), Paraguaji m (definite)
• Amharic: ፓራጓይ (paragʷay)
• Arabic: بَارَاجُوَاي f (bārāguwāy), بَارَاغُوَاي f (bārāḡuwāy), بَرَغواي f (barāḡuwāy), بَرَجواي f (barāguwāy)

  Hijazi Arabic: باراقواي f (bārāgwāy)

• Armenian: Պարագվայ (Paragvay)
• Asturian: Paraguay (ast), Paraguái (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Paraqvay (az)
• Basque: Paraguai (eu)
• Belarusian: Парагва́й m (Parahváj)
• Bengali: প্যারাগুয়ে (bn) (pêraguẏe)
• Breton: Paraguay
• Bulgarian: Парагва́й m (Paragváj)
• Burmese: ပာရာဂ္ဝေး (parag-we:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巴拉圭 (baa¹ laai¹ gwai¹)

  Mandarin: 巴拉圭 (zh) (Bālāguī)

• Circassian:

  West Circassian: Парагуай (Paragʷaj)

• Czech: Paraguay (cs) f
• Danish: Paraguay (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޕެރަގުއޭ (peraguē)
• Dutch: Paraguay (nl) n
• Esperanto: Paragvajo (eo)
• Estonian: Paraguay (et)
• Finnish: Paraguay (fi)
• French: Paraguay (fr) m
• Galician: Paraguai (gl) m
• Georgian: პარაგვაი (ka) (ṗaragvai)
• German: Paraguay (de) n
• Greek: Παραγουάη (el) f (Paragouái)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: Paraguái

• Haitian Creole: Paragwe
• Hebrew: פרגוואי / פָּרַגְוַאי (he) f (paragváy)
• Hindi: पैराग्वे (hi) m (pairāgve)
• Hungarian: Paraguay (hu)
• Icelandic: Paragvæ (is) n
• Indonesian: Paraguay (id)
• Interlingua: Paraguay
• Irish: Paragua (ga)
• Italian: Paraguay (it) m
• Japanese: パラグアイ (ja) (Paraguai)
• Kalenjin: Paragwe
• Kamba: Paragwe
• Kazakh: Парагвай (kk) (Paragvai)
• Khmer: ប៉ារ៉ាហ្គាយ (paaraagiəy)
• Kikuyu: Paragwe
• Korean: 파라과이 (ko) (Paragwai), 빠라과이 (ko) (Pparagwai) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Paraguay

• Kyrgyz: Парагвай (ky) (Paragvay)
• Lao: ປາລາກວາຍ (pā lā kuāi), ປາຣາກວາຍ (pā rā kuāi), ປຣາກວາຍ (prā kuāi)
• Latvian: Paragvaja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Paragvajus (lt) m
• Luhya: Paragwe
• Luo: Paragwe
• Macedonian: Парагвај m (Paragvaj)
• Malay: Paraguay
• Maltese: il-Paragwaj
• Māori: Parakai
• Meru: paragwe
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Парагвай (Paragvaj)

• Navajo: Warani Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Paraguay m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Paraguay n

  Nynorsk: Paraguay (nn) n

• Occitan: Paraguai (oc) m
• Pannonian Rusyn: Параґвай m (Paragvaj)
• Persian:

  Dari: پَارَاگْوَای (pārāgwāy)

  Iranian Persian: پاراگوئِه (pârâgu'e)

• Polish: Paragwaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Paraguai (pt) m
• Romanian: Paraguay (ro) n
• Russian: Парагва́й (ru) m (Paragváj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Па̏рагва̄ј m

  Latin: Pȁragvāj (sh) m

• Sinhalese: පැරගුවේ (pæraguwē)
• Slovak: Paraguaj m
• Slovene: Paragvaj (sl) m
• Spanish: Paraguay (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Paragwei
• Swahili: Paragwai (sw)
• Swedish: Paraguay (sv) n
• Tajik: Парагвай (Paragvay)
• Tatar: Парагвай (Parağway)
• Telugu: పరగ్వే (paragvē)
• Thai: ปารากวัย (th) (bpaa-raa-gwai)
• Tibetan: པ་ར་གུ་ཡེ (pa ra gu ye)
• Turkish: Paraguay (tr)
• Turkmen: Paragwaý
• Ukrainian: Парагва́й (uk) m (Parahváj)
• Urdu: پَیراگْوئے m (pairāgve)
• Uyghur: پاراگۋاي (paragway)
• Uzbek: Paragvay (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pa-ra-goay
• Yiddish: פּאַראַגווײַ n (paragvay)
• Yoruba: Paraguye

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparaɡvaj]

Proper noun

Paraguay f (relational adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Paraguay (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Paraguay
genitive	Paraguaye
dative	Paraguayi
accusative	Paraguayi
vocative	Paraguaye
locative	Paraguayi
instrumental	Paraguayí

Further reading

• “Paraguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Paraguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Paraguay n

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Paraguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌɡuɑ̝i̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -uɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay
• Hyphenation^(key): Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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	—
abessive		Paraguaytta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Paraguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paraguayni — accusative nom. Paraguayni — gen. Paraguayni genitive Paraguayni — partitive Paraguaytani — inessive Paraguayssani — elative Paraguaystani — illative Paraguayhini — adessive Paraguayllani — ablative Paraguayltani — allative Paraguaylleni — essive Paraguaynani — translative Paraguaykseni — abessive Paraguayttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaysi — accusative nom. Paraguaysi — gen. Paraguaysi genitive Paraguaysi — partitive Paraguaytasi — inessive Paraguayssasi — elative Paraguaystasi — illative Paraguayhisi — adessive Paraguayllasi — ablative Paraguayltasi — allative Paraguayllesi — essive Paraguaynasi — translative Paraguayksesi — abessive Paraguayttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaymme — accusative nom. Paraguaymme — gen. Paraguaymme genitive Paraguaymme — partitive Paraguaytamme — inessive Paraguayssamme — elative Paraguaystamme — illative Paraguayhimme — adessive Paraguayllamme — ablative Paraguayltamme — allative Paraguayllemme — essive Paraguaynamme — translative Paraguayksemme — abessive Paraguayttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaynne — accusative nom. Paraguaynne — gen. Paraguaynne genitive Paraguaynne — partitive Paraguaytanne — inessive Paraguayssanne — elative Paraguaystanne — illative Paraguayhinne — adessive Paraguayllanne — ablative Paraguayltanne — allative Paraguayllenne — essive Paraguaynanne — translative Paraguayksenne — abessive Paraguayttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Paraguaynsa — accusative nom. Paraguaynsa — gen. Paraguaynsa genitive Paraguaynsa — partitive Paraguaytaan Paraguaytansa — inessive Paraguayssaan Paraguayssansa — elative Paraguaystaan Paraguaystansa — illative Paraguayhinsa — adessive Paraguayllaan Paraguayllansa — ablative Paraguayltaan Paraguayltansa — allative Paraguaylleen Paraguayllensa — essive Paraguaynaan Paraguaynansa — translative Paraguaykseen Paraguayksensa — abessive Paraguayttaan Paraguayttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• paraguaylainen
• paraguaynvyötiäinen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwe/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwaj/

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Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Paraguayen
• paraguayen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa(ː)raˌɡu̯aɪ̯/, [ˈpaʁaˌɡʋaɪ̯], [ˈpaːʁa-], [-ɡuˌaɪ̯]

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Proper noun

Paraguay n (proper noun, genitive Paraguays or (optionally with an article) Paraguay)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Paraguayer
• paraguayisch

Further reading

• “Paraguay”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒɡvaːj]
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guay
• Rhymes: -aːj

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America; official name: Paraguayi Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	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

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

• paraguayi

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Argentína
• Bolívia
• Brazília
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Kolumbia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡwaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guày

Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• paraguaiano / paraguayano

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Paraguay

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• paraguayaner
• paraguayansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• paraguayan, paraguayanar
• paraguayansk

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ. Doublet of Paraguái.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.wa.ˈɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Asunción (the capital and largest city of Paraguay)
2. Paraguay (a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River)

   Synonym: Paraguái

Usage notes

• Paraguay is the name of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. The name of the country is Paraguái.

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “Paraguay”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 85, column 1

Portuguese

Proper noun

Paraguay m

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Paraguai
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter III, in Cahetés‎^[2], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 16:

     — Parece que me enganei. Não foi na guerra do Paraguay, foi noutra mais velha. Não houve outra antes? Pois foi nessa.

     “It seems I was mistaken. It wasn’t in the Paraguayan war, but in a different, older one. Wasn’t there another before? Well, it was that one. […] ”

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Guarani paraguâ

Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ

Classical Guarani ĭ

Classical Guarani Paraguaĭbor.

Spanish Paraguay

Borrowed from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈɡwai/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞wai̯]

• Audio (Peru); “Paraguay; capital: Asunción”:

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• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧guay

Proper noun

Paraguay m (demonym paraguayo)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
   • 1687, Francisco Xarque, chapter XXXVIII, in Insignes missioneros de la Compañia de Jesus en la Provincia del Paraguay, Pamplona: Juan Minòn, page 196, column 1:

     Eſta codicia, de que los Indios les ſirvan à ſu interès, es la raiz de quantas perſecuciones padecieron entre los Eſpañoles del Paraguay el Padre Franciſco Diaz, y los demàs Jeſuitas, y cada dia brotan de ella nuevos encuentros, y nuevas murmuraciones contra los Padres de aquella nueva Chriſtianidad […]

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2. Paraguay (a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River)

Usage notes

• The definite article is optional when referring to Paraguay in Spanish (i.e. el Paraguay).

Derived terms

• guay del Paraguay
• jazmín del Paraguay
• paraguay
• paraguayismo

Related terms

• Uruguay

Descendants

• → English: Paraguay
• → Paraguayan Guarani: Paraguái
• → Portuguese: Paraguai

See also

countries in South America: países de Suramérica (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Perú
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• paraguayan
• paraguayansk
• paraguayanska
• paraguayare
• paraguayo
• paraguaysk
• paraguayte

See also

countries in South America: Sydamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brasilien
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Further reading

• “Paraguay”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Paraguay

	singular
nominative	Paraguay
accusative	Paraguay'ı
dative	Paraguay'a
locative	Paraguay'da
ablative	Paraguay'dan
genitive	Paraguay'ın

Possessive forms of Paraguay

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Paraguay'ım	Paraguaylarım
senin (your)	Paraguay'ın	Paraguayların
onun (his/her/its)	Paraguay'ı	Paraguayları
bizim (our)	Paraguay'ımız	Paraguaylarımız
sizin (your)	Paraguay'ınız	Paraguaylarınız
onların (their)	Paraguay'ı Paraguayları	Paraguayları

See also

countries in South America: Güney Amerika ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Arjantin
• Bolivya
• Brezilya
• Ekvador
• Guyana
• Kolombiya
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Şili
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)