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suriname

UK/ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/US/ˌsʊɹ.ɪˈnɑm/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Suriname is the smallest South American country, once Dutch Guiana. The rivers of Suriname.

Dutch is still the official language, which makes it unique on the continent. Suriname is over ninety per cent forest and almost everybody lives on the coast.

See File history below for details. · Public domain

Definitions of suriname

  1. 1nounsurinameThe smallest South American country, once Dutch Guiana.C1

    “Suriname sits between Guyana and French Guiana.”

suriname is a country.

Where it comes from

Suriname comes from Surinam, from the name of the Surinen people, likely arw -.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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