"Guyana" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡaɪˈɑː.nə/ [UK, US], /ɡaɪˈæn.ə/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-Guyana.ogg [US], en-us-Guyana-2.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: From an indigenous native American language, probably Cariban or Lokono, said to be a word referring to the land's waters. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sai-car|-}} Cariban, {{der|en|arw|-}} Lokono Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Guyana
  1. A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Capital and largest city: Georgetown. Wikidata QID: Q734 Wikipedia link: Guyana Categories (place): Countries, Countries in South America, Guyana Synonyms: British Guiana [historical], Gayana, Goyana, Guayana, Guiana Derived forms: British Guyana, Dutch Guyana, English Guyana, French Guyana, Portuguese Guyana, Spanish Guyana Translations (country): Гайанэ (Ɣajanɛ) (Adyghe), Guyana (Afrikaans), Guaiána [feminine] (Albanian), ጋያና (gayana) (Amharic), غْوِيَانَا (ḡwiyānā) [feminine] (Arabic), غُويَانَا (ḡuyānā) [feminine] (Arabic), Գայանա (Gayana) (Armenian), Guyana (Asturian), Qayana (Azerbaijani), Гая́на (Hajána) [feminine] (Belarusian), গায়ানা (gaẏana) (Bengali), Guyana (Breton), Гая́на (Gajána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဂိုင်ယာနာ (guing-yana) (Burmese), Guyana [feminine] (Catalan), 圭亞那 (Chinese Mandarin), 圭亚那 (Guīyànà) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 蓋亞那 (Chinese Mandarin), 盖亚那 (Gàiyǎnà) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), Guyana [feminine] (Czech), Guyana [neuter] (Danish), گَیَانَا (gayānā) (Dari), Guyana [neuter] (Dutch), Gujano (Esperanto), Gvajano (Esperanto), Guyana (Estonian), Guyana (Finnish), Guyana [masculine] (French), Güiana [feminine] (Galician), გაიანა (gaiana) (Georgian), Guyana [neuter] (German), Γουιάνα (Gouiána) [feminine] (Greek), ગિયાના (giyānā) (Gujarati), גיאנה (gayana) [feminine] (Hebrew), गुयाना (guyānā) [masculine] (Hindi), गयाना (gayānā) [masculine] (Hindi), Guyana (Hungarian), Gvæjana (Icelandic), Guyana (Indonesian), Guyana (Interlingua), گویان (guyân) (Iranian Persian), An Ghuáin [feminine] (Irish), Guyana [feminine] (Italian), ガイアナ (Gaiana) (Japanese), Guyana (Kalenjin), Guyana (Kamba), ಗಯಾನ (gayāna) (Kannada), Гайана (Gaiana) (Kazakh), ហ្គីយ៉ាន (giiyaan) (Khmer), Guyana (Kikuyu), 가이아나 (Gaiana) (Korean), Гайана (Gayana) (Kyrgyz), ກູຢານາ (kū yā nā) (Lao), ກາຍອານາ (kāi ʼā nā) (Lao), Guiana [feminine] (Latin), Gajāna [feminine] (Latvian), Gajana [feminine] (Lithuanian), Guyana (Luhya), Guyana (Luo), Гваја́на (Gvajána) [feminine] (Macedonian), Guyana (Malay), ഗയാന (gayāna) (Malayalam), Gujana [feminine] (Maltese), Kaiana (Maori), गयाना (gayānā) (Marathi), Guyana (Meru), Гайана (Gajana) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Guyana [masculine] (Norman), Guyana [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Guyana [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Guyana [feminine] (Occitan), ګويانا (gūyānā) (Pashto), ګيانا (giyānā) (Pashto), Gujana [feminine] (Polish), Guiana [feminine] (Portuguese), Guyana [feminine] (Romanian), Гайа́на (Gajána) [feminine] (Russian), Гваја́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Gvajána [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), မိူင်းၵၢႆႇယႃးၼႃႇ (móeng kàai yáa nàa) (Shan), ගයනාව (gayanāwa) (Sinhalese), Guyana [feminine] (Slovak), Gvajana [feminine] (Slovene), Guyana [feminine] (Spanish), Gayana (Sranan Tongo), Ingrissei (Sranan Tongo), Guyana (Swahili), Guyana [neuter] (Swedish), Guyana (Tagalog), Гайана (Gayana) (Tajik), கயானா (kayāṉā) (Tamil), Гайана (Ğayana) (Tatar), గయానా (gayānā) (Telugu), กายอานา (gaai-aa-nâa) (Thai), Guyana (Turkish), Gaýana (Turkmen), Гая́на (Hajána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), گَیانا (gayānā) [masculine] (Urdu), Gayana (Uzbek), Guy-a-na (Vietnamese), גוּיאַנע (guyane) (Yiddish), Guyana (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-Guyana-en-name-en:Q734 Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Related terms: country of South America [countries-of-South-America, countries, geography, natural-sciences], Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "code": "sl",
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        {
          "code": "sw",
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          "code": "tl",
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          "code": "tg",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "code": "tt",
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          "code": "te",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "code": "ur",
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          "code": "uz",
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
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      "word": "Chile"
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    {
      "word": "Colombia"
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    {
      "word": "Ecuador"
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    {
      "word": "Paraguay"
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    {
      "word": "Peru"
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    {
      "word": "Suriname"
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      "word": "Uruguay"
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      "word": "Goyana"
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      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "Hajána",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bn",
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      "sense": "country",
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      "word": "Гая́на"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ဂိုင်ယာနာ"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "圭亞那"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "country",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "გაიანა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "Γουιάνα"
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      "code": "gu",
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      "word": "ગિયાના"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "An Ghuáin"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "country",
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    {
      "code": "kn",
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      "word": "ಗಯಾನ"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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    {
      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ហ្គីយ៉ាន"
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    {
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "Gaiana",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "가이아나"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Гайана"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kū yā nā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ກູຢານາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ກາຍອານາ"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gajāna"
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      "code": "lt",
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    {
      "code": "luo",
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      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Gvajána",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Гваја́на"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gayāna",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
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      ],
      "word": "Gujana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Kaiana"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "gayānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "गयाना"
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    {
      "code": "mer",
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Gajana",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Гайана"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "gūyānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ګويانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "giyānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ګيانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "gayānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "گَیَانَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "guyân",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "گویان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gujana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gajána",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Гайа́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Гваја́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gvajána"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "móeng kàai yáa nàa",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "မိူင်းၵၢႆႇယႃးၼႃႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "gayanāwa",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ගයනාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gvajana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Gayana"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Ingrissei"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Gayana",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Гайана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kayāṉā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "கயானா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Ğayana",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Гайана"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "gayānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "గయానా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaai-aa-nâa",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "กายอานา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Gaýana"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Hajána",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Гая́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gayānā",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "گَیانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Gayana"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guy-a-na"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "guyane",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "גוּיאַנע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Guyana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Guyana"
}

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