Guyana

English

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 (US):

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

References

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

Asturian

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Guyana f (related adjective guyanský)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Guyana (sg-only hard feminine)

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

Derived terms

• Francouzská Guyana

 

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Guyana n

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Finnish

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

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡujaːnɒ], [ˈɡɒjɒnɒ]
• 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

Italian

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

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyaner
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyanar
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

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]

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Swedish

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

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 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 of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela