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paraguayan

British  
/ ˌpærəˈɡwaɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Paraguay or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Paraguay

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And Cerundolo had become the lowest-ranked player to topple world No. 1 here since 1998, when a Paraguayan named Ramon Delgado knocked off Pete Sampras.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Paraguayan authorities expelled him and handed him over to the Brazilian police.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Earlier this month, a breakthrough came when Paraguayan authorities matched fingerprints uploaded by Spain to the black notice against ones on their own national database.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

In an interview this past week, the former Paraguayan soccer official Juan Ángel Napout said he had been convicted to set an example.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Not less than two hundred and twenty-five thousand Paraguayan men—the fathers and bread-winners, the farmers and labourers—had perished in battle, by disease or exposure or starvation.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

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