Noun: guava
| Singular | guava |
| Plural | guavas |
Sample Sentences
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The guava […] is seldom eaten except when preserved with sirup or sugar. [1871, Charles Washburn, The History of Paraguay:]
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CREAM CHEESE AND GUAVA JELLY SANDWICH: Spread an equal number of slices of lightly buttered white bread with guava jelly and cream cheese. Put slices together and trim the edges. [1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 118:]
Nouns inflected like guava
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Taíno *wayababor.
3. Spanish guayababor.
4. English guava
5. Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete. See: Spanish Nouns '
guayaba'.
Verbs referencing "guava"
Finnish Nouns
guava, Polish Nouns
guawa, Russian Nouns
гуава, Ukrainian Nouns
гуава, Zulu Nouns
ugwava, Dutch Nouns
guave.