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Definition of Paramaribo

1. Noun. The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam.

Definition of Paramaribo

1. Proper noun. The capital of Suriname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paramaribo

Literary usage of Paramaribo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"Paramaribo AND CAYENNE. THE city extends along the river for about two miles, ... Other noticeable features of Paramaribo are absence of trees and sidewalks ..."

2. Historical Sketches of the Missions of the United Brethren for Propagating by John Beck Holmes (1818)
"SECTION V. Paramaribo. AT the time, when the Brethren were invited to begin a mission among the Free-negroes, brother Kersten, who has been mentioned in the ..."

3. Around and about South America: Twenty Months of Quest and Query by Frank Vincent (1890)
"Paramaribo AND CAYENNE. THE city extends along the river for abont two miles, ... Other noticeable features of Paramaribo are absence of trees and sidewalks ..."

4. Historical Sketches of the Missions of the United Brethern for Propagating by John Beck Holmes (1827)
"SECTION V. Paramaribo. AT the time, when the Brethren were invited to begin a mission among the Free-negros, brother Eersten, who has been mentioned in the ..."

5. Fosteriana, Consisting of Thoughts, Reflections, and Criticisms, of John Foster by John Foster (1858)
"Paramaribo. Our author next describes the size, site, streets, squares, ... The condition of things at Paramaribo is somewhat less that the very best ..."

6. The History of the Christian Missions of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth by William Brown (1864)
"Paramaribo. IN 1768, Christopher Kersten began to instruct a few negroes at ... Some of the Brethren, however, still resided at Paramaribo, where they ..."

7. Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of by John Gabriel Stedman (1813)
"... March t« Gado-Saby—A second Reinforcement of Troops arrive from Holland—Shipwreck of the Transport Paramaribo —March to Rio ..."

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