1. a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966; [syn: Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, British Guiana]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
British Guiana
n 1: a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of
the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1966 [syn: Guyana, Co-operative
Republic of Guyana, British Guiana]