GUIANA

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Guiana mean? 

• GUIANA (noun)
  The noun GUIANA has 1 sense:

1. a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam

  Familiarity information: GUIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUIANA (noun)

Meaning:

A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Guiana"):

British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana (a republic in northeastern South America; achieved independence from England in 1966)

Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname (a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975)

Holonyms ("Guiana" is a part of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)