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• guarani
  guarani

  noun

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

  noun

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

  noun

  the standard monetary unit of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos

guarani

¹ American  

[gwahr-uh-nee, gwahr-uh-nee] / ˌgwɑr əˈni, ˈgwɑr əˌni /

noun

guaranis plural

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

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Guarani ² American  

[gwahr-uh-nee] / ˌgwɑr əˈni /

Or Guaraní

noun

Guaranis, plural Guaranies plural

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.

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Guarani ¹ British  

/ 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

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guaraní ² British  

/ ˈɡwɑːrənɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Guaranies
  plural
• Guaranis
  plural
• guaranis
  plural
• Guarani
  plural
• guarani
  plural

Etymology

Origin of guarani

1940–45; < Spanish, after Guarani