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GUYANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Guyana mean?
• GUYANA (noun)
The noun GUYANA has 1 sense:
1. a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
Familiarity information: GUYANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana
Instance hypernyms:
South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Guyana"):
Georgetown; Stabroek (port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana)
Demerara (a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana)
Demerara (a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic)
Meronyms (members of "Guyana"):
Guyanese (a native or inhabitant of Guyana)
Holonyms ("Guyana" is a part of...):
Guiana (a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam)
Holonyms ("Guyana" is a member of...):
British Empire (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand)
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