Ciudad Guayana

American  

[syoo-thahth gwah-yah-nah] / syuˈðɑð gwɑˈyɑ nɑ /

noun

1. Santo Tomé de Guayana.

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Ciudad Guayana British  

/ siuˈðað ɡwaˈjana /

noun

1. Former name: Santo Tomé de Guayana.  an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

López now raises the two sisters at her home in Brisas del Sur, a shabby, hard-knock suburb of Ciudad Guayana, and is battling to provide a happy and stable childhood.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2020

Ivonne Serrano Rodríguez, who runs a shelter for abandoned infants in Ciudad Guayana, said such children needed reassuring they were not being left behind for any fault of their own.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2020

With cheap, abundant electricity, Ciudad Guayana added aluminum smelters, iron foundries and plants supporting other heavy industries.

From Washington Post

P�rez's most extravagant economic project is a $5 billion plan for quadrupling the capacity of the state-owned steel plant at Ciudad Guayana, thereby doubling employment from 8,000 to 15,000 over the next four years.

From Time Magazine Archive

The steelmaking company at the core of the Ciudad Guayana project, Sidor, produced a record 4.3 million tons before it was nationalized by Chávez in 2008.

From Washington Post