Suriname
/ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm//ˌsʊɹ.ɪˈnɑm/
Suriname proper noun: a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.
Proper noun
Suriname
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.
- In recognition of his achievement, de Clieu was presented in 1746 to Louis XV, who was keener on coffee than his predecessor had been. At around the same time, the Dutch introduced coffee to Suriname, a colony in South America.2005, Tom Standage, “7: The Great Soberer”, in A History of the World in 6 Glasses, page 149
Suriname meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Suriname in Hindi
- country
- सूरीनाम sūrīnām, सुरिनाम surinām
Suriname in Tamil
- country
- சுரிநாம் curinām
Suriname in Marathi
- country
- सुरिनाम surinām
Suriname in Urdu
- country
- سرینام sūrīnām
More languagesFewer languages
- Suriname in Bengali
- সুরিনাম śurinam
- Suriname in Telugu
- సురినామ్ surinām
- Suriname in Malayalam
- സുരിനാം surināṁ
- Suriname in Kannada
- ಸುರಿನಾಮ್ surinām
- Suriname in Gujarati
- સુરીનામ surīnām
- Suriname in Odia
- ସୁରିନାମ surināma
- Suriname in Sinhala
- සුරිනාමය surināmaya
- Suriname in Pashto
- سورينام surinām
- Suriname in Tagalog
- Surinam
- Suriname in Arabic
- سُورِينَام sūrīnām
- Suriname in Malay
- Suriname
- Suriname in Indonesian
- Suriname
- Suriname in Persian
- سورینام surinâm
- Suriname in Thai
- ซูรินาเม suu-rí-naa-mee, ซูรินาม suu-rí-naam
- Suriname in Vietnamese
- Xu-ri-nam
- Suriname in Myanmar
- ဆူရာနမ် hcuranam
- Dhivehi
- ސުރިނާމް surinām̊
Forms of Suriname
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Origin of Suriname
From English Surinam, from the name of the Surinen people, likely Lokono.
Words formed from Suriname
- Suriname cherry
- Suriname River
- Suriname toad
Phrases with Suriname
Questions about Suriname
- What does Suriname mean?
- Suriname means a country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.
- What is Suriname in Hindi?
- Suriname in Hindi is सूरीनाम (sūrīnām), सुरिनाम (surinām). See Suriname meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Suriname?
- Suriname is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Suriname?
- Suriname is pronounced /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/ (UK).
Words near Suriname in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Suriname (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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