How it works
Paraguay bubble letters on one sideways sheet in Fredoka. Five of the eight letters have a hole, the P, the g and three a's, and Fredoka leaves every one white. The g and the y hang below the line.
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A greeting in Guaraní
Paraguay has two official languages, Spanish and Guaraní. The last ready word, Mba'éichapa, is a Guaraní greeting; its chip already carries the apostrophe and the accent, and all six fonts draw both.
Two rivers, the Chaco and four cities
Paraguay words in bubble letters waits for a first print. Asunción is the capital and largest city and Ciudad / del Este the second largest; Luque and Encarnación are two more. The Paraguay / River divides the country into an eastern region and the Gran Chaco to the west. The Itaipu / Dam stands on the Paraná / River, on the border with Brazil.
- Itaipu / Dam and Luque print tallest of the ready words; Encarnación and Mba'éichapa print smallest.
- One letter per page, under More options, prints eight upright sheets for a banner, three of them an a.
- In capitals only Mochiy Pop One keeps the P, the R and the three A's white.
Questions and answers
How do you draw Paraguay in bubble letters?
Sketch a capital P, then a, r, a, g, u, a, y, with the g and the y dropping below the line. Puff each stroke out, save a ring in the P, the g and all three a's, then trace in pen.
What does Mba'éichapa mean?
How are you? The word is Paraguayan Guaraní; a dictionary gives it as how, and as the greeting how are you.
What does the Paraguay flag look like?
Three level bands, red, white and blue from the top, with a seal on the white. It is the only national flag with a different design on each side: the national seal on the front, the treasury seal on the back.
What does the name Paraguay mean?
Its origin is uncertain. One version reads it as Guaraní for feather crown of waters; another takes it from the Guaraní name of the Paraguay River.