guyana

Definition of Guyana in English :

Noun

1. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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a republic in NE South America, on the Atlantic: colonized chiefly by the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries; became a British colony in 1831 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1966. Official language: English. Religions: Christian and Hindu. Currency: dollar. Capital: Georgetown. Pop: 777 859 (2017 est). Area: about 215 000 sq km (83 000 sq miles)

. Former name (until 1966): British Guiana

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country in NE South America: formerly a British colony, it became independent in 1966; member of the Commonwealth: 83,000 sq mi (214,969 sq km); pop. 730,000; cap. Georgetown

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A country of northeast South America on the Atlantic Ocean. The region of Guiana was settled in the early 1600s by the Dutch, who competed with the British and the French over the next two centuries for control of the coast. Awarded the western portion of Guiana in 1815, Great Britain established (1831) the colony of British Guiana, which gained its independence as Guyana in 1966. Georgetown is the capital and the largest city.

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