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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... #103500 05/19/03 03:56 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 W wordminstrel enthusiast wordminstrel enthusiast W Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 what, if anything, the 'guay' suffix refers to in the names Paraguay and Uruguay. What do those countries' names translate to in English? Gazetteer says: Paraguay is named after the Paraguay River. Paraguay means either "tail of the sea," "garlanded river," or "river which gives birth to the sea." Uruguay is named after the Uruguay River Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... stales 05/19/03 12:47 AM Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... JohnHawaii 05/19/03 01:34 AM Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... wwh 05/19/03 11:06 PM Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... wordminstrel 05/19/03 03:56 AM Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... Capfka 05/19/03 08:55 AM Re: Ahoy - Spanish Speakers..... Faldage 05/19/03 10:15 AM Where's that dictionary? AnnaStrophic 05/19/03 11:48 AM Re: Where's that dictionary? Faldage 05/19/03 01:02 PM Re: Where's that dictionary? Faldage 05/19/03 10:44 PM Tongue guay in cheek consuelo 05/19/03 10:24 AM Re: Tongue guay in cheek Faldage 05/19/03 10:33 AM Re: Tongue guay in cheek Capfka 05/19/03 11:29 AM The Thot Plickens!! stales 05/20/03 02:36 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,366 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 644 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,560 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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