Paraguay

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Paraguay

/ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/ UK
/ˈpæɹəɡweɪ/ UK
/ˈpaɹəɡwɑj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈpaɹəɡwɛj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈpæɹəɡweɪ/ US
/ˈpæɹəɡwaɪ/ US
/ˈpɛɹəɡweɪ/ US
/ˈpɛɹəɡwaɪ/ US
/ˈpaɾəɡwaɪ/ Scotland
/ˈpaɾɹəɡwe/ Scotland

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción. 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 utmos
A river in South America that flows into the Paraná, through Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina; in full, the Paraguay River.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: uruguay, panama, nicaragua, bolivia, belize, paraguayan, vanuatu, madagascar, niger, ghana, dominica, bhutan, country, plata, parana, paraguai

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name country in South America

Español	Paraguay
한국어	파라과이 Paragwai
日本語	パラグアイ Paraguai
中文	巴拉圭 Bālāguī
हिन्दी	पैराग्वे pairāgve
Kiswahili	Paragwai
Português	Paraguai
Français	Paraguay
Deutsch	Paraguay
Italiano	Paraguay
Ελληνικά	Παραγουάη Paragouái
Română	Paraguay
Русский	Парагва́й Paragváj
Tiếng Việt	Pa-ra-goay
العربية	بَارَاجُوَاي bārāguwāy, بَارَاغُوَاي bārāḡuwāy, بَرَغواي barāḡuwāy, بَرَجواي barāguwāy
עברית	פרגוואי, פָּרַגְוַאי paragváy

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"Paraguay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paraguay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{paraguay_2026,
  title = {Paraguay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paraguay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}