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Type Country & River
Usage Spanish, English, French, Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Turkish
Pronounced Pron. /u.ɾu.ˈɡwai̯/(Spanish) /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/(English) /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/(English) /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/(French) /u.ru.ˈɡwai̯/(Italian) /ˈu.ru.ɡʋɑi̯/(Finnish) /ˈu.ru.ɡvaːj/(Hungarian)
Meaning & History
The name of a country in South America, derived from a river of the same name. It is possibly from Guaraní uruguá, referring to a type of water snail. Alternatively it could come from uru "quail", gua "from" and y "water".