Paraguayan

See also: paraguayan

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Guarani paraguâ

Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ

Classical Guarani ĭ

Classical Guarani Paraguaĭbor.

Spanish Paraguaybor.

English Paraguay

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Paraguayan

From Paraguay + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪən

Noun

Paraguayan (plural Paraguayans)

1. A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent.

   My mother is a Paraguayan.

Translations

person from Paraguay

• Arabic: بَارَاغْوَانِيّ m (bārāḡwāniyy), بَارَاغْوائِيّ m (bārāḡwāʔiyy)
• Asturian: paraguayu (ast) m, paraguaya (ast) f
• Catalan: paraguaià (ca) m
• Czech: Paraguayec (cs) m
• Danish: paraguayaner c
• Esperanto: paragvajano (♂♀), paragvajanino (♀)
• French: Paraguayen (fr) m, Paraguayenne (fr) f, Paraguéen (fr) m (old), Paraguéenne (fr) f (old)
• Galician: paraguaio (gl) m
• German: Paraguayer (de) m, Paraguayerin (de) f
• Greek: Παραγουανός (el) m (Paragouanós), Παραγουανή f (Paragouaní)
• Icelandic: Paragvæi m
• Italian: paraguaiano m
• Japanese: パラグアイ人 (Paraguaijin)
• Korean: 파라과이인 (paragwaiin), 파라과이 사람 (paragwai saram)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paraguayaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: paraguayan (nn) m, paraguayanar (nn) m

• Polish: Paragwajczyk (pl) m, Paragwajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: paraguaio (pt) m, paraguaiano (pt) m
• Romanian: paraguayan m, paraguayană f
• Russian: парагва́ец (ru) m (paragvájec), парагва́йка (ru) f (paragvájka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Paragvajac (sh) m, Paragvajka f
• Spanish: paraguayano m, paraguayo (es) m
• Swahili: Mparagwai (sw)
• Swedish: paraguayan (sv) c
• Turkish: Paraguaylı (tr)

Adjective

Paraguayan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Paraguay.

   In front of the embassy was the Paraguayan flag.

   • 1959 November, “Notes and News: The Paraguay Central Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 804:

     The Paraguayan Government took over responsibility for the working on August 1, and appointed an interventor supervising operation.

2. Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Paraguay.

   I particularly admire Paraguayan handicrafts.

Derived terms

• Paraguayanness

Translations

pertaining to Paraguay

• Asturian: paraguayu (ast)
• Catalan: paraguaià (ca)
• Czech: paraguayský (cs)
• Galician: paraguaio (gl)
• German: paraguayisch (de), paraguayanisch (de)
• Italian: paraguaiano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paraguayansk (no)

  Nynorsk: paraguayansk (nn)

• Polish: paragwajski (pl)
• Portuguese: paraguaio (pt), paraguaiano (pt) m
• Romanian: paraguayan
• Russian: парагва́йский (ru) (paragvájskij)
• Spanish: paraguayano, paraguayo (es)
• Swahili: Kiparagwai
• Ukrainian: парагва́йський (parahvájsʹkyj)