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Guarani|ˈgwɑːrəniː|
Also Guarany.
[Sp.]
1. One of the main divisions of Tupi-Guarani, a family of South American Indian languages; also, a speaker of one of these languages. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Tupi-Guarani.
1797Encycl. Brit. XIII. 730/1 The Guaranies resolved to quit their settlements in the neighbourhood of the Portuguese, and to remove into the province of Paraguay. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 226/1 The Guaranis compose the bulk of the population [of Paraguay]. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 702/1 The supposition..that the Guarani tribes are the remnants of a once powerful and united people, is scarcely admissible. 1885Ibid. XVIII. 244/2 The inhabitants of Paraguay are mainly Guaranis or halfbreeds with a strong proportion of Guarani blood. 1900Fortn. Rev. Jan. 79 There the women speak nothing but the Guarany language, and the men use only Guarany in talking to them, whereas among themselves the men always speak Spanish. 1947Whitaker's Almanack 939/1 Most of the inhabitants are bi-lingual, speaking Guarani (the language of the extinct tribe of Indian inhabitants at the time of the Spanish occupation) and Spanish. 1959Times 1 June (Lat. Amer. Suppl.) p. ii/2 Guaraní is still the language of many people.
2. (With lower-case initial.) The currency unit of Paraguay, consisting of 100 centimos, introduced in 1943.
1943Economist 6 Nov. 624/2 The guarani will replace the ‘peso fuerte’ at the rate of 1 guarani for 100 pesos. 1947Whitaker's Almanack 939/1 From November 4, 1943, a new currency unit (Guarani, plural Guaranies) symbolised by a crossed G, replaced the Peso Fuerte at the rate of 1 Guarani = 100 Pesos, and 1·75 Guaranies = 1 Gold Peso. |