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BRITISH GUIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does British Guiana mean? 

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

1. a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966play

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


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BRITISH GUIANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana

Instance hypernyms:

South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "British Guiana"):

Georgetown; Stabroek (port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana)

Demerara (a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana)

Demerara (a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic)

Meronyms (members of "British Guiana"):

Guyanese (a native or inhabitant of Guyana)

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

Guiana (a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam)

Holonyms ("British Guiana" is a member of...):

British Empire (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand)


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