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Guyana, Guayana or Guiana usually refers to the country of Guyana
Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
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It may also refer to the larger region of The Guyanas or The Guianas, which includes the following three territories on the northeast coast of South America:






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Guyana, Guayana or Guiana usually refers to the country of Guyana
Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
.

It may also refer to the larger region of The Guyanas or The Guianas, which includes the following three territories on the northeast coast of South America:
  • Guyana
    Guyana

    Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
    , formerly British Guiana
    British Guiana

    British Guiana was the name of the United Kingdom colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana.The area was originally settled by the Netherlands as the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice....
  • Suriname
    Suriname

    Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America. Originally, the country was spelled Surinam by English settlers who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek, along the Suriname River, and was Geographical renaming Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana....
    , formerly Dutch Guiana
  • French Guiana
    French Guiana

    French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other Overseas departments, French Guiana is also an overseas region of France, one of the 26 regions of France, and is an integral part of the French Republic....
    , an overseas department of France


It may also refer to parts of neighboring countries:
  • Guayana Region
    Guayana Region

    The Guayana Region is an Administrative regions of Venezuela of Venezuela.The region has a population of 1,383,297 inhabitants and a territory of 458,344 km?....
    , administrative region of Venezuela
    • Ciudad Guayana
      Ciudad Guayana

      Ciudad Guayana is a city in Bol?var State, Venezuela. It lies south of the Orinoco, where the river is joined by the Caroni River . The city, officially founded in 1961, is actually composed of the old town of San F?lix at the east and the new town of Puerto Ordaz at the west, which lie either banks of the Caron? and are connected by thre...
      , city in the above region
    • Guayana Esequiba
      Guayana Esequiba

      Guayana Esequiba is the territory of Guyana claimed by Venezuela. The name Guayana Esequiba is a term only used by Venezuela. It consists of six administrative regions of Guyana: Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara....
      , the Zona en Reclamación, part of Guyana claimed by Venezuela
  • Brazilian Guiana
    Brazilian Guiana

    Brazilian Guiana , is the former name for what now is the states of Amap?, Roraima, north of Par? and north of Amazonas , including the Guiana Shield in Brazil....
    , formerly known as Portuguese Guiana


See also

  • Guiana Island (Antigua and Barbuda)
    Guiana Island (Antigua and Barbuda)

    Guiana 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....
    , also known as Guana Island
  • Guiana Shield, the continental shield in northeast South America.
  • Aquitaine
    Aquitaine

    Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain....
    , a region of France whose archaic name is Guiana.
  • Guinea (region)
    Guinea (region)

    Guinea is a traditional name for the region of Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea. It stretches north through the forested, tropical, regions and ends at the Sahel....
    , a region in Africa often confused with The Guianas.