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
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
The Jesuits compiled a number of grammatical and other works in the Guarani, for the purpose of teaching the novitiates in their establishments at Paraguay.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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 Guaranis, to which the tribe who attacked us belonged, are the most widely scattered of any of the Indian nations in South America.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
Why these Guaranis had attacked us, it was hard to say, except that they had observed, when watching our movements, some persons of an enemy’s tribe in our company.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
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 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 Kingston, William Henry Giles
Tamoi, of the Guaranis, was 'the ancient of heaven,' clearly no mortal man.
From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew
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