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Country name Guyana, in 35 editions.
The entry for Guyana published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 12
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form:
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form:
Guyana
former:
British Guiana
The entry for Guyana did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
former:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
- conventional long form :
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form: form : Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
The same text in 3 editions, 1998 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form : form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana conventional short form: Guyana former: British Guiana
conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
The same text in 4 editions, 2002 to 2005.
- conventional long form:
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
The same text in 3 editions, 2006 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form: Co-operative Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form:
Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form:
Guyana
former:
British Guiana
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
former:
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
- etymology:
- the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana;
- ultimately the word is derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means "land of many waters" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
etymology: the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana; ultimately the word is derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means "land of many waters" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
- etymology:
- the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana;
- ultimately the word is derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means "Land of Many Waters" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
conventional long form: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
etymology: the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana; ultimately the word is derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means "land "Land of many waters" Many Waters" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
- conventional long form:
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- conventional short form:
- Guyana
- former:
- British Guiana
- etymology:
- the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana;
- the name Guiana may be derived from a local term meaning "Land of Water" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
conventional long form: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
conventional short form: Guyana
former: British Guiana
etymology: the name is derived from Guiana, the original name for the region that included British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, and French Guiana; ultimately the word is name Guiana may be derived from an indigenous Amerindian language and means a local term meaning "Land of Many Waters" Water" (referring to the area's multitude of rivers and streams)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Guyana: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/guyana/country-name.