Tupi-Guarani

[too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee, too-pee-]

Tu·pi-Gua·ra·ni

[too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee, too-pee-]
noun
a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.
Tu·pi-Gua·ra·ni·an [too-pee-gwahr-uh-nee-uhn, too-pee-] , adjective, noun
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Tupi-guarani has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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Tupi-Guarani
 
n
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Brazil, Paraguay, and certain adjacent regions: possibly distantly related to Quechua
 
'Tupi-Guara'nian
 
adj

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