Meanings
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.
1 more example
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, ...
1670, Richard Blome, in “America, the Fourth Part” of A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World, 30
Origin
- gn-clsParaguaĭ“Paraguay River”
- SpanishParaguay
- EnglishParaguay
Borrowed from Spanish Paraguay, from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ (“Paraguay River”), from paraguâ (“feather crown”) + ĭ (“river”).
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Afrikaans Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Arabic بَارَاجُوَاي, بَارَاغُوَاي
- بَارَاجُوَاي (bārāguwāy)country in South America
- بَارَاغُوَاي (bārāḡuwāy)country in South America
- بَرَغواي (barāḡuwāy)country in South America
- بَرَجواي (barāguwāy)country in South America
Basque Paraguai
- Paraguaicountry in South America
Bengali প্যারাগুয়ে
- প্যারাগুয়ে (pêraguẏe)country in South America
Bulgarian Парагва́й
- Парагва́й (Paragváj)country in South America
Chinese Cantonese 巴拉圭
- 巴拉圭 (baa¹ laai¹ gwai¹)country in South America
Chinese Mandarin 巴拉圭
- 巴拉圭 (Bālāguī)country in South America
Czech Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Danish Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Dutch Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Esperanto Paragvajo
- Paragvajocountry in South America
Estonian Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Finnish Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
French Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
German Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Greek Παραγουάη
- Παραγουάη (Paragouái)country in South America
Hebrew פרגוואי, פָּרַגְוַאי
- פרגוואיcountry in South America
- פָּרַגְוַאי (paragváy)country in South America
Hindi पैराग्वे
- पैराग्वे (pairāgve)country in South America
Hungarian Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Icelandic Paragvæ
- Paragvæcountry in South America
Indonesian Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Irish Paragua
- Paraguacountry in South America
Italian Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Japanese パラグアイ
- パラグアイ (Paraguai)country in South America
Korean 파라과이, 빠라과이
- 파라과이 (Paragwai)country in South America
- 빠라과이 (Pparagwai)country in South America
Latvian Paragvaja
- Paragvajacountry in South America
Lithuanian Paragvajus
- Paragvajuscountry in South America
Malay Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Māori Parakai
- Parakaicountry in South America
Norwegian Bokmål Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Polish Paragwaj
- Paragwajcountry in South America
Portuguese Paraguai
- Paraguaicountry in South America
Romanian Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Russian Парагва́й
- Парагва́й (Paragváj)country in South America
Slovak Paraguaj
- Paraguajcountry in South America
Spanish Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Swahili Paragwai
- Paragwaicountry in South America
Swedish Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Thai ปารากวัย
- ปารากวัย (bpaa-raa-gwai)country in South America
Turkish Paraguay
- Paraguaycountry in South America
Ukrainian Парагва́й
- Парагва́й (Parahváj)country in South America
Urdu پَیراگْوئے
- پَیراگْوئے (pairāgve)country in South America
Vietnamese Pa-ra-goay
- Pa-ra-goaycountry in South America
Yiddish פּאַראַגווײַ
- פּאַראַגווײַ (paragvay)country in South America
Cite this entry
Paraguay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paraguay
“Paraguay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paraguay. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paraguay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paraguay.
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