Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. Travel to Guyana, born in Guyana, the coast of Guyana.
It was British Guiana until 1966, which is why the language stuck, and it looks culturally towards the Caribbean rather than the continent. Oil found offshore in 2015 has made it one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
1nounguyanaThe only English-speaking country in South America.
“Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, sits on the Atlantic coast of South America.”
guyana is a country.
Guyana comes from an indigenous native American language, probably sai-car - or arw -, said to be a word referring to the land's waters.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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