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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

As everyone expected, Pan American Airways, the sole bidder, last week was awarded the airmail contract from Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana to Santos, Brazil�3,275 mi.

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

Surinam, or Dutch Guiana, was a stopping place on the Yankee merchant circuit.

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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