Guyana

English

Etymology

From an indigenous native American language, probably Cariban or Lokono, said to be a word referring to the land's waters.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪˈɑː.nə/, /ɡaɪˈæn.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Guyana

2. A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Synonyms

• British Guiana (obsolete)

Translations

country

• Adyghe: Гайанэ (Ɣajanɛ)
• Afrikaans: Guyana
• Albanian: Guajana f
• Amharic: ጋያና (gayana)
• Arabic: غْوِيَانَا f (ḡwiyānā), غُويَانَا f (ḡuyānā)
• Armenian: Գայանա (hy) (Gayana)
• Asturian: Guyana (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Qayana (az)
• Belarusian: Гая́на f (Hajána)
• Bengali: গায়ানা (gaẏana)
• Breton: Guyana
• Bulgarian: Гая́на f (Gajána)
• Burmese: ဂိုင်ယာနာ (guing-yana)
• Catalan: Guyana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圭亞那／圭亚那 (zh) (Guīyànà), 圭亚那 (zh) (Guīyànà)

• Czech: Guyana (cs) f
• Danish: Guyana (da)
• Dutch: Guyana (nl)
• Esperanto: Gujano (eo), Gvajano
• Estonian: Guyana (et)
• Finnish: Guyana (fi)
• French: Guyana (fr) m
• Galician: Güiana (gl) f
• Georgian: გაიანა (gaiana)
• German: Guyana (de) n
• Greek: Γουιάνα (el) f (Gouiána)
• Gujarati: ગિયાના (giyānā)
• Hebrew: גיאנה f (gayana)
• Hindi: गुयाना (hi) (guyānā)
• Hungarian: Guyana (hu)
• Icelandic: Gvæjana (is)
• Indonesian: Guyana (id)
• Interlingua: Guyana
• Irish: An Ghuáin f
• Italian: Guayana f
• Japanese: ガイアナ (ja) (Gaiana)
• Kalenjin: Guyana
• Kamba: Guyana
• Kannada: ಗಯಾನ (kn) (gayāna)
• Kazakh: Гайана (Gaiana)
• Khmer: ហ្គីយ៉ាន (km) (giiyaan)
• Kikuyu: Guyana
• Korean: 가이아나 (Gaiana)
• Kyrgyz: Гайана (Gayana)
• Lao: ກຸຍຢານ (ku nya yān)
• Latin: Guiana f
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• Latvian: Gajāna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Gajana (lt) f
• Luhya: Guyana
• Luo: Guyana
• Macedonian: Гваја́на f (Gvajána)
• Malay: Guyana
• Malayalam: ഗയാന (gayāna)
• Maltese: Gujana f
• Maori: Kaiana
• Marathi: गयाना (gayānā)
• Meru: Guyana
• Mongolian: Гайана (Gajana)
• Norman: Guyana m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guyana

  Nynorsk: Guyana (nn)

• Occitan: Guaiana (oc) f
• Pashto: ګويانا (gūyānā), ګيانا (giyānā)
• Persian: گویان (fa) (guyân)
• Polish: Gujana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guiana (pt) f
• Romanian: Guyana (ro) f
• Russian: Гайа́на (ru) f (Gajána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гвајана f

  Roman: Gvajana (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ගයනාව (gayanāwa)
• Slovak: Guyana f
• Slovene: Gvajana (sl) f
• Spanish: Guyana (es) f
• Swahili: Guyana (sw)
• Swedish: Guyana (sv)
• Tagalog: Guyana
• Tajik: Гайана (Gayana)
• Tamil: கயானா (kayāṉā)
• Tatar: Гайана (Ğayana)
• Telugu: గయానా (te) (gayānā)
• Thai: กายอานา (th) (gaai-aa-nâa)
• Turkish: Guyana (tr)
• Turkmen: Gaýana
• Ukrainian: Гая́на (uk) f (Hajána)
• Urdu: گیانا (gayānā)
• Uzbek: Gayana (uz)
• Vietnamese: Guy-a-na
• Yiddish: גוּיאַנע (guyane)
• Yoruba: Guyana

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Asturian

Proper noun

Guyana ?

1. Guyana (country)

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Czech

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana

Derived terms

• Francouzská Guyana

Related terms

• guyanský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n

1. Guyana

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Finnish

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Guyana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Guyana	—
genitive		Guyanan	—
partitive		Guyanaa	—
illative		Guyanaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Guyana	—
accusative	nom.	Guyana	—
	gen.	Guyanan
genitive		Guyanan	—
partitive		Guyanaa	—
inessive		Guyanassa	—
elative		Guyanasta	—
illative		Guyanaan	—
adessive		Guyanalla	—
ablative		Guyanalta	—
allative		Guyanalle	—
essive		Guyanana	—
translative		Guyanaksi	—
abessive		Guyanatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Guyana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guyanani — accusative nom. Guyanani — gen. Guyanani genitive Guyanani — partitive Guyanaani — inessive Guyanassani — elative Guyanastani — illative Guyanaani — adessive Guyanallani — ablative Guyanaltani — allative Guyanalleni — essive Guyananani — translative Guyanakseni — abessive Guyanattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Guyanasi — accusative nom. Guyanasi — gen. Guyanasi genitive Guyanasi — partitive Guyanaasi — inessive Guyanassasi — elative Guyanastasi — illative Guyanaasi — adessive Guyanallasi — ablative Guyanaltasi — allative Guyanallesi — essive Guyananasi — translative Guyanaksesi — abessive Guyanattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guyanamme — accusative nom. Guyanamme — gen. Guyanamme genitive Guyanamme — partitive Guyanaamme — inessive Guyanassamme — elative Guyanastamme — illative Guyanaamme — adessive Guyanallamme — ablative Guyanaltamme — allative Guyanallemme — essive Guyananamme — translative Guyanaksemme — abessive Guyanattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Guyananne — accusative nom. Guyananne — gen. Guyananne genitive Guyananne — partitive Guyanaanne — inessive Guyanassanne — elative Guyanastanne — illative Guyanaanne — adessive Guyanallanne — ablative Guyanaltanne — allative Guyanallenne — essive Guyanananne — translative Guyanaksenne — abessive Guyanattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Guyanansa — accusative nom. Guyanansa — gen. Guyanansa genitive Guyanansa — partitive Guyanaansa — inessive Guyanassaan Guyanassansa — elative Guyanastaan Guyanastansa — illative Guyanaansa — adessive Guyanallaan Guyanallansa — ablative Guyanaltaan Guyanaltansa — allative Guyanalleen Guyanallensa — essive Guyananaan Guyananansa — translative Guyanakseen Guyanaksensa — abessive Guyanattaan Guyanattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Brittiläinen Guayana (obsolete)

Derived terms

• guyanalainen

See also

• Alankomaiden Guayana
• Guayana
• Ranskan Guayana

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɥi.ja.na/

Proper noun

Guyana m

1. Guyana (country in South America)

Related terms

• Guyanien / Guyanienne
• guyanien / guyanienne

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n

1. Guyana

Derived terms

• Französisch-Guayana
• Guyaner
• Guyanerin
• guyanisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana

Derived terms

• guyanese

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana

Related terms

• guyaner
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana

Related terms

• guyanar
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

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Spanish

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈʝana/ [ɡuˈʝa.na]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡuˈʝana/ [ɡuˈʝa.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡuˈʃana/ [ɡuˈʃa.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡuˈʒana/ [ɡuˈʒa.na]

Proper noun

Guyana ?

1. Guyana

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Swedish

Proper noun

Guyana n (genitive Guyanas)

1. Guyana

Derived terms

• Franska Guyana

Related terms

• guyansk
• guyanan

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Guyana (“Guyana”) or English Guyana.

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana