General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Paraguay
- Official English country name: The Republic of Paraguay
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Paraguayan
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Paraguay
- International rankings of Paraguay
- ISO country codes: PY, PRY, 600
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PY
- Internet country code top-level domain: .py
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