Paraguay
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- proper noun
- /ˈpærəɡwaɪ/
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Paraguay
- As a landlocked nation, Paraguay relies heavily on neighboring countries for trade.
- Paraguay and Bolivia
- Paraguay and Argentina
- Paraguay and Uruguay
I Well, well, you're close to Paraguay.
- I Well, well, you're close to Paraguay.
- But we went to Paraguay and it was right after an attempted coup by General Oviedo.
- She came to New York and there she saw the man from Paraguay who had tortured her brother to death in Paraguay.
- And he, you know, his sister marries a an anti Semite who's trying to found a pure racist colony in Paraguay.
- Yeah, but the one in Paraguay, which was in the heart of the slums, that's been branded as the world's most dangerous prison.
Examples
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We've got a live report coming in from Paraguay, South America.
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I'm here because my parents are on a mission in Paraguay.
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Your struggle is in Paraguay, not in a foreign country.
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I did not send your friend to Paraguay.
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In a country like Paraguay, such a move could have easily spelled political disaster.
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I was in Paraguay visiting one of those tribes that's never been contacted before by the western world.
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John Paul II's visit to Paraguay was the highlight of the year for the Paraguayan Church.
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I'm moving to Paraguay.
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The Catholic Church commands the most respect and enjoys the greatest prestige of any of Paraguay's social institutions.
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By employing moral force and suasion, Paraguay's Catholic Church helped to de-legitimize the Stroessner regime, contributing to its demise.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
A country in central South America without a coast between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia
Compounds
A country in central South America without a coast between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia
A South American plant with dried leaves used to make mate, a hot caffeinated drink
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paraguay comes from the Guarani language and most likely refers to the great river in the area. A helpful way to remember it is to think of para as 'river' and -guay as 'of the water', so Paraguay can be seen as 'river land', which is why the country is named after the Paraguay River.