Guiana

See also: Güiana

English

Etymology

From the local language (probably Cariban or Arawakan), meaning “land of many waters”. Also spelled as Guyana. The French form gave the town name Cayenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪˈænə/, /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈænə/

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Proper noun

Guiana

1. A geological region in the north of South America.
2. Alternative spelling of Guyana

Derived terms

• Greenwich meridian
• Guiana dolphin
• Guiana Island
• Portuguese Guiana

 

See also

• British Guiana
• Dutch Guiana
• French Guiana
• the Guianas
• Guinea
• Guyana

References

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

Further reading

• “Guiana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Inagua, iguana

Italian

Proper noun

Guiana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Anagrams

• agunai, guaina, iguana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡʷiˈaː.na/, [ɡʷiˈäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡwiˈa.na/, [ɡwiˈäːnä]

Proper noun

Guiāna f sg (genitive Guiānae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Guiāna
genitive	Guiānae
dative	Guiānae
accusative	Guiānam
ablative	Guiānā
vocative	Guiāna

See also

• Guiānus
• Guiānicus

Occitan

Alternative forms

• Güiana

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin Aquītānia. Doublet of Aquitània.

Proper noun

Guiana

1. (historical) Guyenne

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡjɐ̃.nɐ/, /ɡwiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡwɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], /ɡujˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡuɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡjɐ̃.nɐ/, /ɡwiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡwɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], /ɡujˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡuɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈɐ.na/ [ɡɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡjɐ.na/, /ɡwiˈɐ.na/ [ɡwɪˈɐ.na], /ɡujˈɐ.na/ [ɡuɪ̯ˈɐ.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡja.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Gui‧a‧na

Proper noun

Guiana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

See also

• (countries of South America) país da América do Sul; Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana, Paraguai, Peru, Suriname, Uruguai, Venezuela