GUARANI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guarani mean? 

• GUARANI (noun)
  The noun GUARANI has 3 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos

2. a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia

3. the language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia

  Familiarity information: GUARANI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUARANI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("guarani" is a kind of...):

Paraguayan monetary unit (monetary unit in Paraguay)

Meronyms (parts of "guarani"):

centimo (a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Guarani" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Guarani" is a kind of...):

Tupi-Guarani; Tupi-Guarani language (a family of South American Indian languages)