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URUGUAYAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Uruguayan mean?
• URUGUAYAN (noun)
The noun URUGUAYAN has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Uruguay
Familiarity information: URUGUAYAN used as a noun is very rare.
• URUGUAYAN (adjective)
The adjective URUGUAYAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people
Familiarity information: URUGUAYAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Uruguay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Uruguayan" is a kind of...):
South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)
Holonyms ("Uruguayan" is a member of...):
Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
Derivation:
Uruguayan (of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
Derivation:
Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
Uruguayan (a native or inhabitant of Uruguay)
Context examples
From the afternoon of 6 January, a grey cloud and redder sunrises and sunsets could be seen in the sky in Uruguay due to the presence of small particles in suspension, more than 6,000 meters high, of smoke generated by the great fires in Australia, said a statement from the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet).
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
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