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Definition of Surinam
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 Surinam
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Suriname) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surinam
Literary usage of Surinam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"[surinam THE Bush Negroes of surinam surround their settlements with a deep and
wide ditch, stuck both at the sides and bottom with sharp stakes. ..."
2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"surinam FOLK-TALES. BY AP AND TE PENARD. DUTCH GUIANA, or surinam, with its
diverse population, offers an exceptionally fertile field to the student of ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"AMERICAN TRADE TO surinam, AND COMMERCE OF GLOUCESTER. The first vessel ever sent
from Gloucester to surinam, Dutch Guiana, was in 1791, sixty-five years ..."
4. An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the by William Winterbotham (1795)
"surinam, OR DUTCH GUIANA. A HIS province, the only one belonging to the Dutch on the
... surinam is a beautiful river, three quarters of a mile wide, ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Capture of surinam. " To his Excellency the Governor of the colony of surinam.
" A considerable British armament of sea and land forces being arrived in the ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"On the Negro-European Dialects of surinam and Curaçao. ... Thus, too, the
Negro-English of surinam did not lose its English character by the ..."