Guyana

American  

[gahy-an-uh, -ah-nuh] / gaɪˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə /

noun

1. an independent republic on the northeastern coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Georgetown.

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Guyana British  

/ ɡaɪˈænə /

noun

1. Former name (until 1966): British Guiana. a republic in NE South America, on the Atlantic: colonized chiefly by the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries; became a British colony in 1831 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1966. Official language: English. Religions: Christian and Hindu. Currency: dollar. Capital: Georgetown. Pop: 739 903 (2013 est). Area: about 215 000 sq km (83 000 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Guyanese
  noun

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Guyana

The regions at risk include the Brazilian states of Roraima and Amapá, northern Pará, and portions of Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Guyana, the only English-speaking country in South America, is a republic and so Charles will be making a state visit on the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The museum believes the woman in its portrait was a young enslaved woman from a Dutch colony in Guyana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Beyond the fort, roughly 100 plantations were worked by around 270 European planters and an enslaved population of about 5,000 people, up and down the Berbice River in present-day Guyana, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Demerara is a river in Guyana, but the word was also used to refer to a region, and even to the colony itself.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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