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English
Etymology
From an indigenous native American language, probably Cariban or Lokono , said to be a word referring to the land's waters.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana
A country in South America . Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana . Capital and largest city: Georgetown .
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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
Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana f
Guyana (a country in South America )
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana f (related adjective guyanský )
Guyana (a country in South America )
Declension
Declension of Guyana (sg-only hard feminine )
Derived terms
Further reading
“Guyana ”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Guyana ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana n
Guyana (a country in South America )
Finnish
Etymology
From English Guyana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana m
Guyana (a country in South America )
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana n (proper noun , genitive Guyanas or ( optionally with an article ) Guyana )
Guyana (a country in South America )
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
Declension
Derived terms
References
^ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006 ) Helyesírás [Orthography ], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
^ Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírási szótár (’Dictionary of Orthography’). OSIRIS Diákszótár (’Student Dictionary’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2008. →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɡuˈja.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: Gu‧yà‧na
Proper noun
Guyana f
Guyana (a country in South America )
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay ) /ɡuˈʝana/
IPA (key ) : ( Buenos Aires and environs ) /ɡuˈʃana/
IPA (key ) : ( elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay ) /ɡuˈʒana/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: Gu‧ya‧na
Proper noun
Guyana f
Guyana (a country in South America )
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana n (genitive Guyanas )
Guyana (a country in South America )
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guyana ( “ Guyana ” ) or English Guyana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guyana (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜌᜈ )
Guyana (a country in South America )
Turkish
Proper noun
Guyana
Guyana (a country in South America )
Declension
See also
(countries of South America ) Güney Amerika ülkesi ; Arjantin , Bolivya , Brezilya , Ekvador , Guyana , Kolombiya , Paraguay , Peru , Surinam , Şili , Uruguay , Venezuela