guarani

¹

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

noun

plural

guarani, guaranis 

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

Guarani

²

Or Gua·ra·ní

[gwahr-uh-nee]

noun

plural

Guaranis, Guaranies ,

plural

Guarani .

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

2. a language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family of languages and spoken by the Guarani Indians: the chief vernacular of Paraguay.

Guarani

¹

/ ˌɡwɑːrəˈniː /

noun

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

guaraní

²

/ ˈɡwɑːrənɪ /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos

Word History and Origins

Origin of Guarani¹

1940–45; < Spanish, after Guarani

Example Sentences

Barbecuing meat on large ground fires comes from indigenous groups as the guarani and charruas, from Brazil's south, says sociologist Carlos Doria.

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