NETHERLANDS GUIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Netherlands Guiana mean? 

• NETHERLANDS GUIANA (noun)
  The noun NETHERLANDS GUIANA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NETHERLANDS GUIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NETHERLANDS GUIANA (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 "Netherlands Guiana"):

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 ("Netherlands Guiana" is a part of...):

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

Holonyms ("Netherlands Guiana" 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)