Guiana

[ gee-an-uh, -ah-nuh, gahy-an-uh ]

noun

1. a vast tropical region in northeastern South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
2. the coastal portion of this region, which includes Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. 175,275 sq. mi. (453,962 sq. km).

Guiana

/ ɡaɪˈænə; ɡɪˈɑːnə /

noun

1. a region of NE South America, including Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and the Guiana Highlands (largely in SE Venezuela and partly in N Brazil). Area: about 1 787 000 sq km (690 000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The natives of Guiana use a tube or pipe not unlike a cheroot, made from the rind of the fruit of a species of palm.

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In the colony of British Guiana there had been an old law, which permitted the importation of labourers without restriction.

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It is very common at Guiana, for which reason many travellers have styled it the Cayenne Sapajou.

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For a long time he had set his heart on catching a cayman, a kind of alligator that is found in the rivers of Guiana.

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Already they had talked freely on the politics and nature of Guiana, and how to obtain access to its heart.

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