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PARAMARIBO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Paramaribo mean?
• PARAMARIBO (noun)
The noun PARAMARIBO has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam
Familiarity information: PARAMARIBO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Suriname; Paramaribo
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Paramaribo" is a part of...):
Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname (a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975)
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