Lexic.us

Definition of Paraguayan

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people.

Definition of Paraguayan

1. a. Of or pertaining to Paraguay.

Definition of Paraguayan

1. Noun. A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Paraguay. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Paraguay. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraguayan

Paracelsists Paracelsus Paracheirodon Paracheirodon axelrodi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Paradesi Paradisaeidae Paradise Paradisea liliastrum Paradoxurus

Parafilaria multipapillosa Paragonimus ringeri Paragonimus westermani Paraguay Paraguay tea Paraguayan (current term) Paraguayan monetary unit Paraguayans Paralichthys Paralichthys dentatus

Paralichthys lethostigmus Paralipomenon Paralithodes Paralithodes camtschatica Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Parallel Lives Paralympian Paralympians Paralympic Paralympic Games

Literary usage of Paraguayan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of South America, 1854-1904 by Charles Edmond Akers (1904)
"Paraguayan Administration in Matto Grosso. Consternation in Rio. ... Paraguayan Congress. Lopez and Urquiza. Paraguayan Army in 1865. ..."

2. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"Sources of Information. — The Postmaster-General of Paraguay. — Antipathy of the Paraguayans to the Brazilians. — The Paraguayan ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"... the enlon ement of which had been hindered by the Paraguayan war, was revived on the recommendation of General Roca, the Minister of War. ..."

4. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"A Paraguayan RANCH. THE exploration of the Daly Falls was probably the most important, as it was certainly the most interesting, event of my entire tour. ..."

5. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1886)
"Paraguayan WAR. 1 CANNOT close this book, written for the most part hy another hand, without a few words as to my general impressions of Brazil. ..."

6. South America, Social, Industrial, and Political: A Twenty-five-thousand by Frank George Carpenter (1900)
"The struggle lasted five years, but it ended in the wiping out, as it were, of the Paraguayan men. It is said that 100000 of them died in battle, ..."

7. South America, Social, Industrial, and Political: A Twenty-five-thousand by Frank George Carpenter (1900)
"The struggle lasted five years, but it ended in the wiping out, as it were, of the Paraguayan men. It is said that 100000 of them died in battle, ..."

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