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  2. Guyana - Wikipedia

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    The name "Guyana" derives from Guiana, an earlier name for a larger region that included the areas now called Guyana (British Guyana), Suriname (Dutch Guiana), French Guiana, the Guayana Region in Venezuela (Spanish Guyana), and Amapá in Brazil (Portuguese Guiana).

  3. History of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    One of the legacies of the indigenous peoples was the word Guiana, often used to describe the region encompassing modern Guyana as well as Suriname (former Dutch Guiana) and French Guiana. The word, which means "land of waters", is appropriate considering the area's multitude of rivers and streams. [1] [2]

  4. The Guianas - Wikipedia

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    Before the arrival of European colonials, the Guianas were populated by scattered bands of native Arawak people. The native tribes of the Northern amazon forests are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basins in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted by ...

  5. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.

  6. Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    Even though referred to collectively as Amerindians, the indigenous peoples in Guyana are made up of several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and Wapishana are all represented in Guyana. [8] Europeans arrived in the Guianas in the search for gold in the New World, eventually settling in and colonizing Guyana and the Americas ...

  7. Portal:Guyana - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of Guyana's delegation in Beijing marked the fifteenth Guyanese Olympic delegation to appear at an Olympic games, which started with their participation as British Guiana in the 1948 Summer Olympics. There were no medalists from Guyana at the Beijing Olympics. Roberts was Guyana's flagbearer at the ceremonies in Beijing. (Full ...

  8. Indo-Guyanese - Wikipedia

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    Based on the names and information on the Indian Emigrant passes, 85% of the Indian immigrants to Guyana were Hindus and 15% Muslims. This was very representative of the areas of origin of the immigrants. The Indian immigrants made an enduring cultural imprint on Guyana.

  9. Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains - Wikipedia

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    "Green Land of Guyana", also known by its opening line "Dear Land of Guyana", is the national anthem of Guyana. Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter composed the music, while the lyrics were authored by Archibald Leonard Luker. Two separate contests were held to determine the words and the tune, respectively.