Guiana

From the local language (probably Cariban or Arawakan), meaning “land of many waters”. Also spelled as Guyana. The French form gave the town name Cayenne.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪˈænə/, /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈænə/

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Guiana

1. A geological region in the north of South America.
2. Alternative spelling of Guyana.

• British Guiana
• Dutch Guiana
• French Guiana
• the Guianas
• Guinea
• Guyana

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Guiana”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• “Guiana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Inagua, iguana

Guiana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)

• agunai, guaina, iguana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡʷiˈaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡʷiˈaː.na]

Guiāna f sg (genitive Guiānae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Guyana (a country in South America)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Guiānus
• guiānicus

• Güiana

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin Aquītānia. Doublet of Aquitània.

Guiana

1. (historical) Guyenne

• Guyana (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃nɐ, -ɐnɐ
• Hyphenation: Gui‧a‧na

Guiana f

1. Guyana (a country in South America)