Guyana

Guyana

English

Alternative forms

• Gayana, Goyana, Guayana, Guiana

Etymology

From an indigenous native American language, probably from Tupi-Guarani, which is also the language of the name Paramaribo. Tupi-Guarani was used as a Lingua Franca outside its indigenous area.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Guyana

1. A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Synonyms

• British Guiana (historical)

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

country

Adyghe: Гайанэ (Ɣaajaane) Afrikaans: Guyana Albanian: Guajana f Amharic: ጋያና (gayana) Arabic: غْوِيَانَا‎ f (ḡwiyānā), غُويَانَا‎ f (ḡuyānā) Armenian: Գայանա (hy) (Gayana) Asturian: Guyana (ast) Azerbaijani: Qayana (az) Belarusian: Гая́на f (Hajána) Bengali: গায়ানা (bn) (gayana) Breton: Guyana 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) Czech: Guyana (cs) f Danish: Guyana (da) Dutch: Guyana (nl) 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) Hebrew: גיאנה‎ f (gayana) Hindi: गुयाना (hi) (guyānā) 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 (Gaiana) Khmer: ហ្គីយ៉ាន (km) (giiyaan) Kikuyu: Guyana Korean: 가이아나 (ko) (Gaiana) Kyrgyz: Гайана (Gayana) Lao: ກຸຍຢານ (ku nya yān) 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: Гайана (Gajana) Norman: Guyana m Norwegian: Bokmål: Guyana Nynorsk: Guyana (nn) Occitan: Guaiana (oc) f Pashto: ګويانا‎ (gūyānā), ګيانا‎ (giyānā) Persian: گویان‎ (fa) (guyân) Polish: Gujana (pl) f Portuguese: Guiana (pt) f Romanian: Guyana (ro) f Russian: Гайа́на (ru) f (Gajána) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Гвајана f Roman: Gvajana (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 Swahili: Guyana (sw) Swedish: Guyana (sv) 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: گیانا‎ (gayānā) Uzbek: Gayana (uz) Vietnamese: Guy-a-na 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.

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Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈʝana/, [ɡuˈʝa.na]

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

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Czech

Proper noun

Guyana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Francouzská Guyana

Related terms

• guyanský

Further reading

• Guyana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Guyana n

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Guyana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡujɑnɑ/, [ˈɡujɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ujana
• Syllabification^(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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Guyanatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Guyana (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Guyanani	Guyanamme
2nd person	Guyanasi	Guyananne
3rd person	Guyanansa

Synonyms

• Brittiläinen Guayana (obsolete)

Derived terms

• guyanalainen

See also

• Alankomaiden Guayana
• Guayana
• Ranskan Guayana

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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

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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

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Hungarian

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

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyaner
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Related terms

• guyanar
• guyansk

See also

• Fransk Guyana

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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)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Guyana n (genitive Guyanas)

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Franska Guyana

Related terms

• guyanan
• guyanansk
• guyananska

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Gu‧ya‧na
• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈjana/, [ɡʊˈja.nɐ]

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Guyana

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

declension of Guyana

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Guyana
accusative (belirtme)	Guyana'yı
dative (yönelme)	Guyana'ya
locative (bulunma)	Guyana'da
ablative (çıkma)	Guyana'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	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