Guiana
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- proper noun
- /ɡiˈænə/
:
Guayana
- Francisco and Deacon were scholarship boys from British Guiana.
- French Guiana
- British Guiana
Examples
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When I arrived, more than twenty years ago, among the Panare Indians of Venezuelan Guiana, nothing could have been further from my intellectual interests than medicine.
Academic text (1996) -
Lowe-McConnell (1962) found catches of trawled fin fishes in Guiana to be highest during the rainy season when they move into shallower areas.
Academic text (1991) -
I was born in British Guiana.
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And I don't consider French Guiana a nation.
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Escaped prisoners from French Guiana were an occasional feature on the British Guiana coast.
Fiction book (1997) -
For a long period of time in the nineteenth century, British Guiana had been expanding its western border into Venezuelan territory.
Academic text (1992) -
"Britain's dispute with Venezuela over the border of British Guiana," Lew Kress said.
Fiction book (1993) -
Based on the author's fieldwork experience in Venezuelan Guiana and composed with the hindsight of more than twenty years, this article offers reflections on medical bricolage.
Academic text (1996) -
Guiana is a region known for its rich biodiversity and natural beauty.
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The capital of Guiana, Cayenne, features stunning French colonial architecture.
Compounds
- Literature
Former name for the country now called Suriname in northeastern South America when it was controlled by the Netherlands
A high, flat-topped mountain region in northern South America covering parts of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil
- Specialized
A large, very old high flat area in northern South America that covers parts of Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Guiana is said to come from a Native American name like wari-ana that means 'land of many waters'. So the name fits the region today, which is full of rivers, wetlands, and rainforest.