Definition of Surinam

1. Noun. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975.


Definition of Surinam

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Suriname) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surinam

Supreme Leaders
Supreme Soviet
Supreme Truth
Supremes
Supriya
Supyire
Sur
Surabaya
Suraj
Surakarta
Surat
Surgeon General
Suricata
Suricata suricatta
Suricata tetradactyla
Surinam (current term)
Surinam River
Surinam toad
Suriname
Suriname River
Surinamer
Surinamese
Surinamese monetary unit
Surinameses
Surmontil
Surnia
Surnia ulula
Surtsey
Surtseyan

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 ..."

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