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URUGUAYAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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)

 II. (adjective) 

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)

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