Guyana
pronunciation
How to pronounce Guyana in British English:
UK [ɡaiˈɑ:nə,ɡaiˈænə]
How to pronounce Guyana in American English:
US [ɡaɪˈænə, -ˈɑnə]
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- Noun:
- a republic in northeastern South America; achieved independence from England in 1966
Word Origin
- Guyana
- from a native word perhaps meaning "respectable." Related: Guyanese.
Example
- 1. Guyana 's roads can be muddy and treacherous .
- 2. Lymphatic filariasis isn 't limited to guyana .
- 3. Guyana is seeking money from the rich world to help keep most of its land forested .
- 4. The last killing of a member of congress came in 1978 , and that was in guyana .
- 5. That would be a calamity for guyana , which loses some 10 % of its gdp annually to flooding .