English
guazu
Guazu comes from Paraguayan Guarani guazú ‘great, big” or “deer’.
- Paraguayan Guaranimodernguazú‘great, big” or “deer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856guazu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Paraguayan Guaranimodernguazú‘great, big” or “deer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856guazu
Earliest quotation: 1856, Charles Knight, Charles Knight's Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature: “The Guazus, or Brockets, as they are termed, are…”
Every English word from Paraguayan Guarani guazú
Today it means
noun A South American deer, especially a marsh deer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Paraguayan Guarani guazú / guazu