Paraguayan

/ (ˌpærəˈɡwaɪən) /

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adjective

of or relating to Paraguay or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Paraguay

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Words nearby Paraguayan

paragrapher, paragraphia, paragraphic, paragraph mark, Paraguay, Paraguayan, Paraguay tea, parahydrogen, Paraíba, parainfluenza, para-influenza virus

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How to use Paraguayan in a sentence

We can be Irish and Argentinean, or French and Australian, or Chinese and Paraguayan, or perhaps even all of them at once.
Do National Writers Still Exist?|Colum McCann|November 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Paraguayan fleet now held command of the river system up-stream of Corrientes.
South America|W. H. Koebel
Francisco Solano had seen more of the outer world than was usual in the case of the Paraguayan of that period.
South America|W. H. Koebel
The two principal articles of export were at that time green hides for Europe and the Paraguayan mat for Peru.
The Argentine in the Twentieth Century|Albert B. Martinez

A lean stooping man of Paraguayan extraction, dressed out in store clothes which he but half filled.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard
If Francia resembled the frying-pan, the Chaco to a Paraguayan seemed the fire itself.
Gaspar the Gaucho|Mayne Reid