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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

On the eve of the Havana conference, Brazilians suddenly came out with a proposal that Brazil be given a mandate over British, French and Dutch Guiana.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alcoa will build the one it likes, use it to haul bauxite from its mines in Moengo and Paranam, Dutch Guiana, to the U.S. for processing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britons with Oxford accents, worn, pale graduates of Europe's D.P. camps, Jews from Finland and Aden, Dutch Guiana and China.

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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