Dutch Guiana
Britishnoun
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the former name of Surinam
Example Sentences
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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
Surinam, or Dutch Guiana, was a stopping place on the Yankee merchant circuit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost 200 years ago, African slaves in Dutch Guiana revolted, went into the bush to establish an Africo-South American civilization.
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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