guarani
noun
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
guarani
1 American
[gwahr-uh-nee, gwahr-uh-nee]
/ ˌgwɑr əˈni, ˈgwɑr əˌni /
noun
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guarani,
plural
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guaranis
plural
Guarani
2
American
[gwahr-uh-nee]
/ ˌgwɑr əˈni /
Or
Guaraní
noun
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Guaranis,
plural
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Guaranies,
plural
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Guarani
plural
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a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.
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a language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family of languages and spoken by the Guarani Indians: the chief vernacular of Paraguay.
Guarani
1
British
/ ˌɡwɑːrəˈniː /
noun
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a member of a South American Indian people of Paraguay, S Brazil, and Bolivia
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the language of this people, belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family; one of the official languages of Paraguay, along with Spanish
guaraní
2
British
/ ˈɡwɑːrənɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of guarani
1940–45; < Spanish, after Guarani
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"When they start dredging the river and causing pollution, the river will cease to be a common good for all humanity and will become the property of a single individual," demonstrator Thiago Guarani told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
The commission also extended an apology to the Guarani Kaiowá Indigenous people, who were also chased off their land in Mato Grosso do Sul state to make way for farms run by non-Indigenous Brazilians.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
"Demarcation is important, because it is not only a social issue, but also a spiritual, traditional and cultural issue," said Jurandir Karai Djekupe, a Guarani Mbya leader from the north of São Paulo.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2023
Representatives from the Terena and Guarani tribes joined the demonstration, some donning headdresses and black-and-red face paint.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2022
Striking analogies of grammatical construction have been recognised, not only in the more perfect languages, as that of the Incas, the Aymara, the Guarani, the Mexican, and the Cora, but also in languages extremely rude.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
Los Guaranies had a wonderful opportunity with a three-on-one in the 11th minute, but Brooks intervened with a well-timed and immaculate slide tackle in the penalty area.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2016
Its inhabitants were the docile Guaranies, who knew something of agriculture and in whose villages considerable stores of food were to be found.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
The Guaranis of Paraguay did not differ, in this respect, from their congeners.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Guaranis believed in a soul which remained in the grave with the body.
From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by J. D. (Jirah Dewey) Buck
Mansfield peered through the bushes and saw the Guaranis walking in very leisurely manner towards the place where the deer had fallen.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by H. W. G. Hyrst
The Guaranis were the principal nation dwelling on the eastern portion of South America.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
The Guaranis are the most renowned as sorcerers.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
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