Guyana

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

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noun

an independent republic on the northeastern coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). : Georgetown.

Guyana

/ ɡaɪˈænə /

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: 739 903 (2013 est). Area: about 215 000 sq km (83 000 sq miles) Former name (until 1966)British Guiana

To smuggle 500 kilograms of Mexican cocaine in frozen fish from Guyana to Italy would require as many as 5,000 fish.

These unfortunates were then taken to Bordeaux in carts, to be transported to Guyana.

In Guyana there are one or two small species, and along the forest-covered sides of the Andes two or three more.

Mr. Bullock informed me he had the two sexes of this bird sent him from the interior of Guyana.

He induced 14,000 deluded French people to go and take possession of the rich and fertile lands of Guyana.

They are abundant in Paraguay; and Sonnini, the traveller, has observed them in Guyana.

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