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gua⋅ra⋅ni

  [gwahr-uh-nee, gwahr-uh-nee]
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–noun, plural -ni, -nis.
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
Origin:
1940–45; < Sp, after Guarani
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Gua⋅ra⋅ni

  [gwahr-uh-nee]
–noun, plural -nis, -nies, (especially collectively) -ni.
1. a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.
2. a language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family of languages and spoken by the Guarani Indians: the chief vernacular of Paraguay.
Also, Gua⋅ra⋅ní.
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gua·ra·ni   (gwä'rə-nē')   
n.   pl. gua·ra·ni·es (-nē'ěs)
See Table at currency.

[Spanish guaraní, Guarani; see Guarani.]
Gua·ra·ni   (gwä'rə-nē')   
n.   pl. Guarani or Gua·ra·nis

  1. A member of a South American Indian people of Paraguay, northern Argentina, and southern Brazil.

  2. The Tupi-Guaranian language of this people.


[Spanish guaraní, of South American Indian origin.]
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