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Definition of Guarani
1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos.
2. Noun. A member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia.
3. Noun. The language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia.
Definition of Guarani
1. Proper noun. South-American Indian language of the Tupí-Guaraní family; still in use in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. ¹
2. Noun. The currency of Paraguay, divided into 100 céntimos ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guarani
1. a monetary unit of Paraguay [n -NIS or -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guarani
Literary usage of Guarani
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1847)
"In all these places the guarani retain their old language and manners with little
or no perceptible variation.* Paragraph 5.—Physical Characters of the ..."
2. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"Among these expanding stocks the most prominent is the Tupi-guarani'. Originally
seated, it seems probable, under the tropic, by the head waters of the ..."
3. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"The original seat of the widespread guarani race has been traced to the ...
Although the term " guarani" is said to mean " warrior," they were not as a rule ..."
4. The Paraná: With Incidents of the Paraguayan War, and South American by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1868)
"THE Quichua in Santiago del Estero province, and the guarani in Paraguay are the
only existing languages of old times to be met with in the present day up ..."
5. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"Among these expanding stocks the most prominent is the Tupi-guarani 1. Originally
seated, it seems 1 ' Tupi' is explained as =' place,' being either a ..."
6. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Pascual de Gayangos (1877)
"Words collected from nativos written down from their mouth in January and February
of 1853. Asuncion ; WC Ouseley f. 126 9. A few guarani Verses ..... f. ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"... Bone in both Hands of a guarani Man. By Professor ANDREW RETZIUS, of Stockholm.
A Swedish gentleman, Signor Liljedahl, now mining engineer in Paraguay, ..."
8. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"The guarani Language. — Its Preservation a Doubtful Blessing. ... Other Tribes
of the guarani Family. — The guaranis compared with other Indian Nations. ..."
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