Definition of Paraguayan

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

Partainyms: Paraguay
Derivative terms: Paraguay

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.
Group relationships: Paraguay, Republic Of Paraguay
Generic synonyms: South American

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
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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