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Dutch Guiana

British  

noun

  1. the former name of Surinam

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her next book, “Slaves Remastered,” is the story of a massive slave rebellion Dutch Guiana.

From Washington Post Dec. 14, 2018

In the interior of Dutch Guiana, Mr. Verrill visited Djoeka, a nation founded by escaped Ethiopian slaves at least three centuries ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Stanley J. Grogan, to cover U.S. occupation of Dutch Guiana, to which no other reporters were invited.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Aluminum Co. also controls the great bauxite deposits of British and Dutch Guiana, and buys up much of the French red bauxite.

From Time Magazine Archive

They took over much of Dutch Guiana for the same reason.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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