a member of an Indian people now living principally in Paraguay.
a language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family of languages and spoken by the Guarani Indians: the chief vernacular of Paraguay.
a member of a South American Indian people of Paraguay, S Brazil, and Bolivia
the language of this people, belonging to the Tupi-Guarani family; one of the official languages of Paraguay, along with Spanish
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
In western Paraná, Brazil, the Avá Guarani people have lost much of their ancestral lands to vast soy plantations.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
"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
Owing to its patronage by the Jesuit missionaries the Guarani language became a 652 widespread medium of communication, and in a corrupted form is still the common language in Paraguay.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 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 Dawson, Thomas C.
“The worship of Tamu,” the culture hero of the Guaranis, says the traveller D’Orbigny, “is one of reverence, not of fear.”
From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
Azara noted among the Guaranis of Paraguay that menstruation was not only slight in amount, but the periods were separated by long intervals.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock
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 Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)
It is still an open question whether the Tupis and Guaranis who inhabit the vast region between the Amazon and the Pampas of Buenos Ayres are affined to them.
From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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 Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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