Asunción

American

[ah-soon-syawn, -thyawn] / ˌɑ sunˈsjɔn, -ˈθjɔn /

noun

a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.

Asunción British

/ asunˈsjon /

noun

the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)

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Asunción

In May 2025, the 211 associations gathered in Asunción, Paraguay for their annual congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She is now a partner at global technology and investment firm Cibersons, whose headquarters is in Paraguay's capital Asunción.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

His trip home to Boston from a conference in Asunción, Paraguay, had been rough.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

The bill is named after Asunción Valdivia, a farmworker who fell unconscious while picking grapes in California on a 105-degree day in 2004.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023

The oldest of the two sisters, Tía Asunción, who used to be Tía Leah, speaks firmly.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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