# guano
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwɑːnəʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

### Noun

guano (countable and uncountable, plural guanos or guanoes)
* Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
    Hyponyms: (vulgar) birdshit, (vulgar) batshit
** 1799, Edwin Sidney, Blights of the Wheat, and Their Remedies, page 175:The guano, so extensively used for manure, is full of the most beautiful infusoria, some of them splendidly iridiscent; and there is no better method of testing the genuineness of this useful substance than by the microscope.
** 1844, J. Ridgway, Peruvian and Bolivian Guano, its nature, properties and results, page 22:In the second experiment, a comparative trial was made between guano and bone-dust mixed with coal ashes.
** 1918, Philip Lindsey Gile, The bat guanos of Porto Rico and their fertilizing value, page 60:Low-grade phosphatic guanos can be mixed with coffee hulls and pulp, which contain a small amount of potash.
** 1995, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls:The great white bat has great white guano!
* Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.
** 2010, James D. Nations, The Maya Tropical Forest:A roof made of guano palm fronds will last up to 15 years, although Maya harvesters point out that the leaves must be cut when the moon is full; otherwise, the stems become susceptible to insect damage.
* (obsolete) A variety of seabird.
** 1703, William Dampier, A New Voyage round the World, volume 1:The Animals of these Islands, are some Hogs, Lizards, and Guanoes; and some of those Creatures mentioned in Chap. XI. which are like, but much bigger than the Guano.
** 1764, Lives of illustrious British seamen, etc, page 111:Dampier observes, that no part of the globe is so well stocked with guanoes and land-tortoises as the Gallapagos. The guanoes are fat, tame, and of an extraordinary size.
** 1765, John Barrow, A Collection Of Authentic, Useful, and Entertaining Voyages and Discoveries:These they call Guanoes, and the dung Guano, the Indian name for excrement in general. These birds, after spending the whole day in catching their food in the sea, repair at night to rest on the islands near the coast […]
** 1850, Annual Report of the American Institute, on the Subject of Agriculture, American Institute in the City of New York:The fish consumed by the guanoes, (as the fishing birds are called) are anchovies, the shoals of which are beyond all comparison.

#### Derived terms

* guanine
* guanite
* guanobious
* guanotrophic
* guanotrophy
* rock guano

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Aguon

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡuɑno/, [ˈɡuɑ̝no̞]
* Rhymes: -uɑno
* Hyphenation: gua‧no

### Noun

guano
* guano

#### Declension

Possessive forms of guano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
guanoni
guanoni
accusative
nom.
guanoni
guanoni
gen.
guanoni
genitive
guanoni
guanojeni
partitive
guanoani
guanojani
inessive
guanossani
guanoissani
elative
guanostani
guanoistani
illative
guanooni
guanoihini
adessive
guanollani
guanoillani
ablative
guanoltani
guanoiltani
allative
guanolleni
guanoilleni
essive
guanonani
guanoinani
translative
guanokseni
guanoikseni
abessive
guanottani
guanoittani
instructive
comitative
—guanoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
guanosi
guanosi
accusative
nom.
guanosi
guanosi
gen.
guanosi
genitive
guanosi
guanojesi
partitive
guanoasi
guanojasi
inessive
guanossasi
guanoissasi
elative
guanostasi
guanoistasi
illative
guanoosi
guanoihisi
adessive
guanollasi
guanoillasi
ablative
guanoltasi
guanoiltasi
allative
guanollesi
guanoillesi
essive
guanonasi
guanoinasi
translative
guanoksesi
guanoiksesi
abessive
guanottasi
guanoittasi
instructive
comitative
—guanoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
guanomme
guanomme
accusative
nom.
guanomme
guanomme
gen.
guanomme
genitive
guanomme
guanojemme
partitive
guanoamme
guanojamme
inessive
guanossamme
guanoissamme
elative
guanostamme
guanoistamme
illative
guanoomme
guanoihimme
adessive
guanollamme
guanoillamme
ablative
guanoltamme
guanoiltamme
allative
guanollemme
guanoillemme
essive
guanonamme
guanoinamme
translative
guanoksemme
guanoiksemme
abessive
guanottamme
guanoittamme
instructive
comitative
—guanoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
guanonne
guanonne
accusative
nom.
guanonne
guanonne
gen.
guanonne
genitive
guanonne
guanojenne
partitive
guanoanne
guanojanne
inessive
guanossanne
guanoissanne
elative
guanostanne
guanoistanne
illative
guanoonne
guanoihinne
adessive
guanollanne
guanoillanne
ablative
guanoltanne
guanoiltanne
allative
guanollenne
guanoillenne
essive
guanonanne
guanoinanne
translative
guanoksenne
guanoiksenne
abessive
guanottanne
guanoittanne
instructive
comitative
—guanoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
guanonsa
guanonsa
accusative
nom.
guanonsa
guanonsa
gen.
guanonsa
genitive
guanonsa
guanojensa
partitive
guanoaan guanoansa
guanojaan guanojansa
inessive
guanossaan guanossansa
guanoissaan guanoissansa
elative
guanostaan guanostansa
guanoistaan guanoistansa
illative
guanoonsa
guanoihinsa
adessive
guanollaan guanollansa
guanoillaan guanoillansa
ablative
guanoltaan guanoltansa
guanoiltaan guanoiltansa
allative
guanolleen guanollensa
guanoilleen guanoillensa
essive
guanonaan guanonansa
guanoinaan guanoinansa
translative
guanokseen guanoksensa
guanoikseen guanoiksensa
abessive
guanottaan guanottansa
guanoittaan guanoittansa
instructive
comitative
—guanoineen guanoinensa :

### Further reading

* “guano”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwa.no/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

guano m (plural guanos)
* guano

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: guano

### Further reading

* “guano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

guano m (plural guani)
* guano

### Anagrams

* aguno, agunò

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuˈa.nɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anɔ
* Syllabification: gu‧a‧no

### Noun

guano n
* guano (bat or sea bird feces)
* (euphemistic) guano, crap

#### Declension
### Further reading

* guano in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* guano in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu (“dung”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡwɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡwɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡwa.nu/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
* Hyphenation: gua‧no

### Noun

guano m (uncountable)
* (uncountable) guano (bat or sea bird feces)
* fertilizer made from such feces

### References

* ↑ “guano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “guano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French guano.

### Noun

guano n (uncountable)
* guano

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua wanu (“dung”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwano/ [ˈɡwa.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: gua‧no

### Noun

guano m (plural guanos)
* guano

#### Derived terms

* guanero
* guanina

#### Descendants

* → English: guano
* → Finnish: guano
* → French: guano
** → Romanian: guano
* → Galician: guano
* → Irish: guanó
* → Japanese: グアノ (guano)
* → Polish: guano
* → Portuguese: guano
* → Russian: гуано (guano)
* → Tagalog: guwano

### Further reading

* “guano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10