SURINAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Surinam mean? 

• SURINAM (noun)
  The noun SURINAM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SURINAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURINAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname

Instance hypernyms:

South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Surinam"):

capital of Suriname; Paramaribo (the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam)

Surinam River; Suriname River (a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic)

Holonyms ("Surinam" is a part of...):

Guiana (a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam)

Holonyms ("Surinam" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

 Context examples 

She's been at Madagascar, and at Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)