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Definition of Dutch Guiana
1. Noun. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975.
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: South American Country, South American Nation
Group relationships: Guiana
Terms within: Capital Of Suriname, Paramaribo, Surinam River, Suriname River
Definition of Dutch Guiana
1. Proper noun. (historical) A former name of Suriname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dutch Guiana
Literary usage of Dutch Guiana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"While in Protestant Dutch Guiana little could be done for the spread of the Faith,
in Cayenne at least the work was in a promising condition when the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Dutch Guiana or Surinam, east of British Guiana, has an area of 46072 square ...
In 1842 the apostolic vicariate of Dutch Guiana was created for some 13000 ..."
3. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1905)
"Indian Words in the Dutch Language and in Use at Dutch Guiana. BY LC VAN PANHUYS.
Some years ago I obtained a reprint of a "dictionarium gallice latine et ..."
4. The West Indies, Enslaved and Free: A Concise Account of the Islands and by William Moister (1883)
"DISTINCTION BETWEEN ISLANDS AND COLONIES—BRITISH HONDURAS— BRITISH GUIANA—DUTCH
GUIANA—FRENCH GUIANA—CONCLUSION. N addition to the various islands which ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"... are eight species of apes in Dutch Guiana. The most con- -L spicuous of them
is the howling ape (Mycetes seniculus), which is also one of the best-known ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Between the rivers of Dutch Guiana there arc remarkable cross channels available
during the .... This colony is situated between Dutch Guiana and Brazil. ..."
7. Essays on the Progress of Nations, in Civilization, Productive Industry by Ezra Champion Seaman (1868)
"Dutch Guiana, or Surinam. Dutch Guiana extends along the coast about 170 miles,
from the British possessions on the west, to the river Maroni, ..."
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