Guiana
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See also: Güiana
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡaɪˈænə/, /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈɑːnə/, /ɡiˈænə/
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Proper noun
[edit]
Guiana
- A geological region in the north of South America.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading
[edit]- “Guiana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Guiana f
- Guyana (a country in South America)
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡʷiˈaː.na/, [ɡʷiˈäːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡwiˈa.na/, [ɡwiˈäːnä]
Proper noun
[edit]Guiāna f sg (genitive Guiānae); first declension
- (New Latin) Guyana (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Guiāna |
| Genitive | Guiānae |
| Dative | Guiānae |
| Accusative | Guiānam |
| Ablative | Guiānā |
| Vocative | Guiāna |
See also
[edit]Occitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin Aquītānia. Doublet of Aquitània.
Proper noun
[edit]Guiana
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Gui‧a‧na
Proper noun
[edit]Guiana f
- Guyana (a country in South America)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Cariban languages
- English terms derived from Arawakan languages
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Guyana
- it:Countries in South America
- it:Countries
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- New Latin
- la:Guyana
- la:Countries in South America
- la:Countries
- Occitan terms inherited from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms derived from Old Occitan
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan doublets
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- Occitan terms with historical senses
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Guyana
- pt:Countries in South America
- pt:Countries