Guyana

English

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Guyana

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Gayana, Goyana, Guayana, Guiana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɡaɪˈɑː.nə/, /ɡaɪˈæn.ə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Guyana

2. A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Capital and largest city: Georgetown.

Synonyms

• British Guiana (historical)

Derived terms

• British Guyana
• Dutch Guyana
• English Guyana
• French Guyana
• Portuguese Guyana
• Spanish Guyana

Translations

country

Adyghe: Гайанэ (Ɣajanɛ) Afrikaans: Guyana Albanian: Guaiána f Amharic: ጋያና (gayana) Arabic: غْوِيَانَا f (ḡwiyānā), غُويَانَا f (ḡuyānā), غَيانا f (ḡayānā), غِيَانَة f (ḡiyānā) Armenian: Գայանա (hy) (Gayana) Asturian: Guyana (ast) Azerbaijani: Qayana (az) Belarusian: Гая́на f (Hajána) Bengali: গায়ানা (bn) (gaẏana) Breton: Guyana f, Gwiana f Bulgarian: Гая́на f (Gajána) Burmese: ဂိုင်ယာနာ (guing-yana) Catalan: Guyana (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 圭亞那 / 圭亚那 (zh) (Guīyànà) (Mainland China), 蓋亞那 / 盖亚那 (zh) (Gàiyǎnà) (Taiwan) Corsican: Guyana f, Guiana f Czech: Guyana (cs) f Danish: Guyana (da) n Dutch: Guyana (nl) n 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) Haitian Creole: Giyana Hebrew: גיאנה f (gayana) Hindi: गुयाना (hi) m (guyānā), गयाना (hi) m (gayānā) Hungarian: Guyana (hu) Icelandic: Gvæjana (is) Indonesian: Guyana (id) Interlingua: Guyana Irish: An Ghuáin f Italian: Guyana f Japanese: ガイアナ (ja) (Gaiana) Kalenjin: Guyana Kamba: Guyana Kannada: ಗಯಾನ (kn) (gayāna) Kazakh: Гайана (kk) (Gaiana) Khmer: ហ្គីយ៉ាន (km) (giiyaan) Kikuyu: Guyana Korean: 가이아나 (ko) (Gaiana) Kyrgyz: Гайана (Gayana) Lao: ກູຢານາ (kū yā nā), ກາຍອານາ (kāi ʼā nā) Latin: Guiana f 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: Cyrillic: Гайана (Gajana) Norman: Guyana m Norwegian: Bokmål: Guyana n Nynorsk: Guyana (nn) n Occitan: Guyana f Pashto: ګويانا (gūyānā), ګيانا (giyānā) Persian: Dari: گَیَانَا (gayānā) Iranian Persian: گویان (fa) (guyân) Polish: Gujana (pl) f Portuguese: Guiana (pt) f Romanian: Guyana (ro) f Russian: Гайа́на (ru) f (Gajána) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Гваја́на f Roman: Gvajána (sh) f Shan: မိူင်းၵၢႆႇယႃးၼႃႇ (móeng kàai yáa nàa) Sinhalese: ගයනාව (gayanāwa) Slovak: Guyana f Slovene: Gvajana (sl) f Spanish: Guyana (es) f Sranan Tongo: Gayana, Ingrissei Swahili: Guyana (sw) Swedish: Guyana (sv) n 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: گَیانا m (gayānā) Uzbek: Gayana (uz) Vietnamese: Guy-a-na Welsh: Gaiana (cy) West Frisian: Guyana (fy) n, Gujana n Yiddish: גוּיאַנע (guyane) Yoruba: Guyana

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Guyana”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^ast

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈʝana/ [ɡuˈʝa.na]

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪjaːna]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvajaːna]

Proper noun

Guyana f (relational adjective guyanský)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

	singular
nominative	Guyana
genitive	Guyany
dative	Guyaně
accusative	Guyanu
vocative	Guyano
locative	Guyaně
instrumental	Guyanou

Declension of Guyana (sg-only hard feminine)

Derived terms

• Francouzská Guyana

Further reading

• “Guyana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Guyana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From English Guyana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡujɑnɑ/, [ˈɡujɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ujɑnɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Gu‧ya‧na

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)
• Guyanan kooperatiivinen tasavalta, Guyanan tasavalta (official)

Derived terms

• guyanalainen

See also

• Alankomaiden Guayana
• Guayana
• Ranskan Guayana

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɥi.ja.na/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana m

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• Guyanien / Guyanienne
• guyanien / guyanienne

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈjaːna/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n (proper noun, genitive Guyanas or (optionally with an article) Guyana)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Französisch-Guayana
• Guyaner
• guyanisch

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡujaːnɒ], [ˈɡɒjɒnɒ]^[1][2]
• Hyphenation: Gu‧ya‧na

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Guyana	—
accusative	Guyanát	—
dative	Guyanának	—
instrumental	Guyanával	—
causal-final	Guyanáért	—
translative	Guyanává	—
terminative	Guyanáig	—
essive-formal	Guyanaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Guyanában	—
superessive	Guyanán	—
adessive	Guyanánál	—
illative	Guyanába	—
sublative	Guyanára	—
allative	Guyanához	—
elative	Guyanából	—
delative	Guyanáról	—
ablative	Guyanától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Guyanáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Guyanáéi	—

Possessive forms of Guyana

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Guyanám	—
2nd person sing.	Guyanád	—
3rd person sing.	Guyanája	—
1st person plural	Guyanánk	—
2nd person plural	Guyanátok	—
3rd person plural	Guyanájuk	—

Derived terms

• Francia Guyana
• guyanai

References

1. Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
2. Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírási szótár (’Dictionary of Orthography’). OSIRIS Diákszótár (’Student Dictionary’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2008. →ISBN

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• guyanese

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyaner
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyanar
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^es

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]

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n (genitive Guyanas)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Franska Guyana

Related terms

• guyanan
• guyanansk
• guyananska

Further reading

• Guyana in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guyana (“Guyana”) or English Guyana.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈjana/ [ɡʊˈjaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Guya‧na

Proper noun

Guyana (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜌᜈ)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Guyana

Wikipedia ^tr

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Guyana

	singular
nominative	Guyana
accusative	Guyana'yı
dative	Guyana'ya
locative	Guyana'da
ablative	Guyana'dan
genitive	Guyana'nın

Possessive forms of Guyana

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Guyana'm	Guyanalarım Guyana'larım
senin (your)	Guyana'n	Guyanaların Guyana'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Guyana'sı	Guyanaları Guyana'ları
bizim (our)	Guyana'mız	Guyanalarımız Guyana'larımız
sizin (your)	Guyana'nız	Guyanalarınız Guyana'larınız
onların (their)	Guyana'sı Guyanaları Guyana'ları	Guyanaları Guyana'ları

See also

countries in South America: Güney Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Arjantin
• Bolivya
• Brezilya
• Ekvador
• Guyana
• Kolombiya
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Şili
• Uruguay
• Venezuela