Guayana

English

Proper noun

Guayana

1. Alternative spelling of Guyana: A country in South America.

Related terms

• Ciudad Guayana

Asturian

Proper noun

Guayana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈja.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Gua‧yà‧na

Proper noun

Guayana f

1. (rare, nonstandard) Guiana

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝana/ [ɡwaˈʝa.na]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝana/ [ɡwaˈʝa.na] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʃana/ [ɡwaˈʃa.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʒana/ [ɡwaˈʒa.na] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈjana/ [ɡwaˈja.na] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gua‧ya‧na

Proper noun

Guayana f

1. the Guianas (a geographic region in South America consisting of Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; sometimes also including the Guayana region of eastern Venezuela and the state of Amapá, Brazil)

   Synonym: Guayanas

2. nonstandard form of Guyana: Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Guayana Británica
• Guayana Francesa
• Guayana Holandesa
• guayanés

References

• “Guayana”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN