guiana

  • 11Guiana — noun a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam • Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region • Part Holonyms: ↑South America • Par …

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  • 12Guiana — coastal reg., NE South America. See British Guiana, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname …

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  • 13Guiana — geographical name region N South America bordering on the Atlantic & bounded on W & S by Orinoco, Negro, & Amazon rivers; includes Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, & adjoining parts of Brazil & Venezuela • Guianan adjective or noun • Guianese… …

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  • 14Guiana — Gui•an•a [[t]giˈæn ə, ˈɑ nə, gaɪˈæn ə[/t]] n. 1) geg a vast tropical region in NE South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic 2) geg the coastal portion of this region, which includes Guyana, French Guiana,… …

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  • 15Guiana Island (Antigua and Barbuda) — Guiana (or Guana) Island is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua, between the Parham Peninsula and Crump Island. It forms the southern coast of the North Sound, and is the fourth largest island of Antigua and Barbuda …

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  • 16Guiana Shield — The Guiana Shield [The term Guiana or The Guianas is often used as a collective name for Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and sometimes even includes the portions of Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil which are on the Guiana Shield.] ( es.… …

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  • 17Guiana Space Centre — The Guiana Space Centre, or more commonly, Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) is a French spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. Operational since 1968, it is particularly suitable as a location for a spaceport due to its proximity to the equator,… …

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  • 18Guiana, Guyana —    Some scope for confusion here, particularly if using old references. The name Guiana has at various times been attached to three contiguous territories on the Atlantic coast of northern South America. The westernmost, British Guiana, is now… …

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  • 19Guiana, Guyana —    Some scope for confusion here, particularly if using old references. The name Guiana has at various times been attached to three contiguous territories on the Atlantic coast of northern South America. The westernmost, British Guiana, is now… …

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  • 20Guiana Bristly Mouse — Taxobox | name = Guiana Bristly Mouse regnum = Animalia status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Cricetidae genus = Neacomys species = N. guianae binomial = Neacomys guianae binomial… …

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