# Paraguay
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Paraguayan

#### See also

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈparaɡvaj]

### Proper noun

Paraguay f (relational adjective paraguayský, demonym Paraguayec)
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Paraguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Paraguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Paraguay n
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish Paraguay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑrɑɡuɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌɡuɑ̝i̯]
* IPA: /ˈpɑrɑɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ɡʋɑ̝i̯]
* Rhymes: -uɑi
* Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧gu‧ay

### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Declension

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

* paraguaylainen
* paraguaynvyötiäinen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁa.ɡwɛ/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwe/, /pa.ʁa.ɡwaj/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Paraguay m
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Paraguayen
* paraguayen

## German
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Paraguay n (proper noun, genitive Paraguays or (optionally with an article) Paraguay)
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Paraguayer
* paraguayisch

### Further reading

* “Paraguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ɾa.wa.ˈɨ/

### Proper noun

Paraguay
* 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: [ˈpɒrɒɡvaːj]
* Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guay
* Rhymes: -aːj

### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* paraguayi

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.raˈɡwaj/
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧guày

### Proper noun

Paraguay m
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* paraguaiano / paraguayano

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* paraguayaner
* paraguayansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* paraguayan, paraguayanar
* paraguayansk

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Paraguay m
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Paraguai.
** 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter III, in Cahetés‎, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 16:— Parece que me enganei. Não foi na guerra do Paraguay, foi noutra mais velha. Não houve outra antes? Pois foi nessa.“It seems I was mistaken. It wasn’t in the Paraguayan war, but in a different, older one. Wasn’t there another before? Well, it was that one. […] ”

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾaˈɡwai/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞wai̯]
* Audio (Peru); “Paraguay; capital: Asunción”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ai
* Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧guay

### Proper noun

Paraguay m
* Paraguay (a country in South America)
* 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

* guay de Paraguay
* guay del Paraguay
* jazmín del Paraguay
* paraguay
* paraguayismo
* paraguayo/paraguaya

#### Related terms

* Uruguay

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Paraguay n (genitive Paraguays)
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* paraguayan
* paraguayansk
* paraguayanska
* paraguayare
* paraguayo
* paraguaysk
* paraguayte

### Further reading

* Paraguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)

#### Declension
### See also

* Arjantin
* Bolivya
* Brezilya
* Ekvador
* Guyana
* Kolombiya
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Surinam
* Şili
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Paraguay
* Paraguay (a country in South America)