Guiana
Americannoun
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a vast tropical region in northeastern South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
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the coastal portion of this region, which includes Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. 175,275 sq. mi. (453,962 sq. km).
noun
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The launch from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America, is a first for Amazon Leo.
From Barron's
The launch, scheduled at 1645 GMT, will be a first for Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.
From Barron's
Despite a lack of evidence, Dreyfus was convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment in the infamous Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana and publicly stripped of his rank.
From Barron's
France will build a new high-security prison in its overseas department of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and radical Islamists, the country's justice minister announced during a visit to the territory.
From BBC
In contrast, the northern Amazon, dominated by what geologists call the Guiana Shield -- home to tall trees with deep roots and less fertile soil -- was more drought resilient regardless of water table depth.
From Science Daily
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