GUYANESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guyanese mean? 

• GUYANESE (noun)
  The noun GUYANESE has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Guyana

  Familiarity information: GUYANESE used as a noun is very rare.

• GUYANESE (adjective)
  The adjective GUYANESE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: GUYANESE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUYANESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Guyana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Guyanese" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)

Holonyms ("Guyanese" is a member of...):

British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana (a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966)

Derivation:

Guyanese (of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants)

• GUYANESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Guyanese capital

Pertainym:

Guyana (a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966)

Derivation:

Guyanese (a native or inhabitant of Guyana)