Paraguay

See also: paraguay

English

Etymology

Disputed; from Guaraní Payagua (“Pajagua tribe”) i (“water”) or para (“river”) guái (“crown”) or para (“river”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. 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, ...
  2. The Paraguay River, a river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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 (related adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Further reading

  • Paraguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Paraguay in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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]
  • Syllabification(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

French

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.wa.ˈɨ/

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Asunción (the capital and largest city of Paraguay)

Usage notes

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈɡwaj/[1]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guày

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

References

  1. Paraguay in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Paraguay

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1945) of Paraguai.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní Paraguay, formed either from para (“sea”) + gúa (“bordering”) or from paraguã (“crown of feathers”) + y (“river”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾaˈɡwai/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞wai̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧guay

Proper noun

Paraguay m

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
  2. Paraguay River (a major river in South America)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)

Declension

See also

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Paraguay

  1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
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