guarani

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gua·ra·ni, gua·ra·nis.

Guarani

or Gua·ra·ní

[ gwahr-uh-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, plural Gua·ra·nis, Gua·ra·nies, (especially collectively) Gua·ra·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.

Guarani

/ ˌɡwɑːrəˈniː /

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

guaraní

/ ˈɡwɑːrənɪ /

Origin of guarani¹

1940–45; < Spanish, after Guarani

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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