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"Amazon" is "Amazonas" in both Spanish and Portuguese. Guayana is the only majority English speaking country I can find in South America, and it's hundreds of m
by delecti 7y ago
"Amazon" is "Amazonas" in both Spanish and Portuguese. Guayana is the only majority English speaking country I can find in South America, and it's hundreds of miles from the Amazon river at its closest point.
- rmsaksida 7y agoIn Portuguese it's way more common to refer to the region as "Amazônia" (the rainforest) than "Amazonas" (the river). "Amazonas" hardly represents the Brazilian side. Regardless, English is the lingua franca of the Internet and that's the reason why geographical terms in English matter.
- edjrage 7y agoWell, Amazonas is also the name of the largest Brazilian state by area and one of the largest subdivisions in the world.
- cambalache 7y agoIt is not "Guayana" it is Guyana. And the Amazon rainforest covers part of Guyana and Suriname too for that matter. And even France. So you have at least 5 European languages plus several creoles.