Manorá
Neighbourhood in Asunción, Paraguay
Manorá (or Manó Râ) is a barrio (neighbourhood) of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It has a population of 1,898 people.
Geography
Manorá is bordered near Santo Domingo, Las Lomas, San Jorge, Ycua Sati, San Cristobal, and Villa Morra.[1]
There are many stores around the area, including a TGI Fridays, and a McDonalds.[1]
Toponymy
The name is believed to have been coined by Roa Bastos in 1993. The name is Guarani for "a place of death". It could also possibly interpreted as "a place of dying", or "a place of the dead".[2]
Notable people
- Emilio Gill - Brother of and member of the cabinet of Juan Bautista Gill (assassinated in 1877 in Manorá).[3]
- Carlos Antonio López - president of Paraguay (born November 4, 1792, in Manorá).[4]
- Francisco Solano López - president of Paraguay (born 1827 in Manorá).[5]
References
- ^ a b "Manorá". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Drozdowicz, Maksymilian. The Linguistic Image of the World of Guarani in Polish Translations of Prose (PDF). Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna. p. 196.
- ^ Ramos Davalos, Hermes (12 April 2020). "Helio Vera and Juan B. Gill: Between Fiction and History". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Bannon, John Francis; Dunne, Peter Masten (1950). Latin America, an Historical Survey. Science and culture texts (2 ed.). Bruce Publishing Company. p. 587. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
[...] a wealthy creole landowner and reputed nephew of Francia, [...] Carlos Antonio Lopez.
- ^ Hanratty, Dannin M. and Meditz, Sandra W., editors. Paraguay: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988.
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(Neighborhoods)
- Itá Enramada
- Santa Ana
- Bañado Santa Ana
- Roberto L. Pettit
- Republicano
- Pirizal
- San Vicente
- Bañado Tacumbú
- Obrero
- Tacumbú
- Sajonia
- Itá Pytã Punta
- San Antonio
- Dr. Francia
- La Encarnación
- Catedral
- General Díaz
- Pettirossi
- San Roque
- Ricardo Brugada (Chacarita)
- San Felipe
- Las Mercedes
- Ciudad Nueva
- Vista Alegre
- Panambí Retá
- Panambí Verá
- San Pablo
- Terminal
- Hipódromo
- Nazareth
- Villa Aurelia
- Los Laureles
- Mariscal Estigarribia
- San Cristóbal
- Herrera
- Santa María
- Ytay
- San Jorge
- Ycuá Satí
- Manorá
- Villa Morra
- Recoleta
- Tembetary
- Mburicaó
- General Caballero
- Pinozá
- Jara
- Banco San Miguel
- Tablada Nueva
- Virgen del Huerto
- Virgen de la Asunción
- Bella Vista
- Santo Domingo
- Cañada del Ybyray
- Las Lomas (Carmelitas)
- Madame Lynch
- Salvador del Mundo
- Ñu Guazú
- Mbocayaty
- Mburucuyá
- Trinidad
- Virgen de Fátima
- San Rafael
- Botánico
- Zeballos Cué
- Loma Pytá
- San Blas
- Santa Rosa
- Mariscal López
| Religion and places of worship | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción
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- Universidad Nacional de Asunción
- Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción"
- Universidad Americana
- Universidad Autónoma de Asunción
- Colegio Nacional de la Capital
- Colegio Goethe Schule (Asunción)
- Colegio Nacional Presidente Franco
- Colegio Nacional Asunción Escalada
- Colegio Inmaculado Corazón de María
- Colegio Cristo Rey
- Colegio Internacional
- Colegio San José
- Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
- Colegio Santa Teresa de Jesús
- American School of Asunción
- Lycée Français International Marcel Pagnol
- Colegio Dante Alighieri
- Colegio Santa Clara
- Colegio Campoalto
- Colegio Goethe
- Colegio de la Asunción
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- See Category:People from Asunción
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25°17′S 57°34′W / 25.283°S 57.567°W / -25.283; -57.567
