Guyana

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an indigenous native American language, probably from Tupi-Guarani, which is also the language of the name Paramaribo. Tupi-Guarani was used as a Lingua Franca outside its indigenous area.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɡaɪˈɑː.nə/, /ɡaɪˈæn.ə/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • British Guyana
  • Dutch Guyana
  • English Guyana
  • French Guyana
  • Portuguese Guyana
  • Spanish Guyana

Translations

See also

References


Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈʝana/, [ɡuˈʝa.na]

Proper noun

Guyana f

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Czech

Proper noun

Guyana f

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Guyana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Guyana n

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Guyana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡujɑnɑ/, [ˈɡujɑnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ujana
  • Syllabification(key): Gu‧ya‧na

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Guyana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Guyana
genitive Guyanan
partitive Guyanaa
illative Guyanaan
singular plural
nominative Guyana
accusative nom. Guyana
gen. Guyanan
genitive Guyanan
partitive Guyanaa
inessive Guyanassa
elative Guyanasta
illative Guyanaan
adessive Guyanalla
ablative Guyanalta
allative Guyanalle
essive Guyanana
translative Guyanaksi
instructive
abessive Guyanatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Guyana (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Guyanani Guyanamme
2nd person Guyanasi Guyananne
3rd person Guyanansa

Synonyms

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɥi.ja.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Guyana m

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈjaːna/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Guyana n (proper noun, genitive Guyanas or (optionally with an article) Guyana)

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡujaːnɒ], [ˈɡɒjɒnɒ][1][2]
  • Hyphenation: Gu‧ya‧na

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Guyana
accusative Guyanát
dative Guyanának
instrumental Guyanával
causal-final Guyanáért
translative Guyanává
terminative Guyanáig
essive-formal Guyanaként
essive-modal
inessive Guyanában
superessive Guyanán
adessive Guyanánál
illative Guyanába
sublative Guyanára
allative Guyanához
elative Guyanából
delative Guyanáról
ablative Guyanától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Guyanáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Guyanáéi
Possessive forms of Guyana
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Guyanám
2nd person sing. Guyanád
3rd person sing. Guyanája
1st person plural Guyanánk
2nd person plural Guyanátok
3rd person plural Guyanájuk

Derived terms

  • Francia Guyana
  • guyanai

References

  1. Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírás (’Orthography’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2006. →ISBN
  2. Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírási szótár (’Dictionary of Orthography’). OSIRIS Diákszótár (’Student Dictionary’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2008. →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈja.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: Gu‧yà‧na

Proper noun

Guyana f

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

See also


Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

See also


Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡuˈʝana/ [ɡuˈʝa.na]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡuˈʃana/ [ɡuˈʃa.na]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡuˈʒana/ [ɡuˈʒa.na]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Gu‧ya‧na

Proper noun

Guyana f

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Swedish

Proper noun

Guyana n (genitive Guyanas)

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Derived terms


Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guyana (Guyana) or English Guyana.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Gu‧ya‧na
  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈjana/, [ɡʊˈja.nɐ]

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Turkish

Proper noun

Guyana

  1. Guyana (a country in South America)

Declension

See also

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