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guarani

[gwahr-uh-nee, gwahr-uh-nee]

noun, plural -ni, -nis.

a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.

Origin:
1940–45; < Spanish, after Guarani

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noun, plural -nis, -nies, (especially collectively) -ni.

a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.

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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Guarani (ˌɡwɑːrəˈniː)

—n , -ni, -nis
1.	a member of a South American Indian people of Paraguay, S Brazil, and Bolivia
2.	the language of this people, belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family; one of the official languages of Paraguay, along with Spanish

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