Ciudad Guayana

[ syoo-thahth gwah-yah-nah ]

noun

1. Santo Tomé de Guayana.

Ciudad Guayana

/ siuˈðað ɡwaˈjana /

noun

1. an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est) Former nameSanto Tomé de Guayana

Example Sentences

Lisbeth Lopez closed a small store that sold sweets in a shopping center in Ciudad Guayana in southern Venezuela due to the quarantine.

From Reuters

Wilmer Benavides, a cattle farmer who lives near Ciudad Guayana in south-eastern Venezuela, said he had shut down his business as he could no longer transport his goods to the city’s markets.

From The Guardian

López now raises the two sisters at her home in Brisas del Sur, a shabby, hard-knock suburb of Ciudad Guayana, and is battling to provide a happy and stable childhood.

From The Guardian

Ivonne Serrano Rodríguez, who runs a shelter for abandoned infants in Ciudad Guayana, said such children needed reassuring they were not being left behind for any fault of their own.

From The Guardian

“We can’t become what we are challenging, we can’t denounce a corrupt regime and then join those who are corrupt,” said Ruben Iriarte, a 49-year-old businessman in the eastern city of Ciudad Guayana.

From Reuters