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Tupi-Guarani

noun Tu·pi-Gua·ra·ni \ tü-ˈpē-ˌgwär-ə-ˈnē , ˈtü-(ˌ)pē- \
variants: or less commonly Tupí-Guaraní
|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of Tupi-Guarani

1 : tupi 2
2 : a branch of the Tupi language family that includes Tupinamba, Guarani, and a number of other languages spoken from French Guiana south to Paraguay and west to eastern Colombia
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Tupi-Guaranian

play \tü-ˈpē-ˌgwär-ə-ˈnē-ən, ˈtü-(ˌ)pē-\ adjective or noun

First Known Use of tupi-guarani

1850

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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