Meanings
proper noun
alternative Surinam
- 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
Origin
From English Surinam, from the name of the Surinen people, likely Lokono.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Arabic سُورِينَام
- سُورِينَام (sūrīnām)country
Bengali সুরিনাম
- সুরিনাম (śurinam)country
Bulgarian Сурина́м
- Сурина́м (Surinám)country
Catalan Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Chinese Mandarin 蘇里南
- 蘇里南 (Sūlǐnán)country
Czech Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Danish Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Dutch Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Esperanto Surinamo
- Surinamocountry
Estonian Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Finnish Suriname
- Surinamecountry
French Surinam, Suriname
- Surinamcountry
- Surinamecountry
German Surinam, Suriname
- Surinamcountry
- Surinamecountry
Greek Σουρινάμ
- Σουρινάμ (Sourinám)country
Hebrew סוּרִינָם
- סוּרִינָם (surinám)country
Hindi सूरीनाम, सुरिनाम
- सूरीनाम (sūrīnām)country
- सुरिनाम (surinām)country
Hungarian Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Icelandic Súrínam
- Súrínamcountry
Indonesian Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Irish Suranam
- Suranamcountry
Italian Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Japanese スリナム
- スリナム (Surinamu)country
Korean 수리남
- 수리남country
Latin Surinamia
- Surinamiacountry
Latvian Surinama
- Surinamacountry
Lithuanian Surinamas
- Surinamascountry
Malay Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Māori Hurināme, Hurinamo
- Hurināmecountry
- Hurinamocountry
Norwegian Bokmål Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Persian سورینام
- سورینام (surinâm)country
Polish Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Portuguese Suriname
- Surinamecountry
Romanian Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Russian Сурина́м
- Сурина́м (Surinám)country
Slovak Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Spanish Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Swahili Surinamu
- Surinamucountry
Swedish Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Tagalog Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Tamil சுரிநாம்
- சுரிநாம் (curinām)country
Thai ซูรินาเม, ซูรินาม
- ซูรินาเม (suu-rí-naa-mee)country
- ซูรินาม (suu-rí-naam)country
Turkish Surinam
- Surinamcountry
Ukrainian Сурина́м
- Сурина́м (Surynám)country
Urdu سرینام
- سرینام (sūrīnām)country
Vietnamese Xu-ri-nam
- Xu-ri-namcountry
Welsh Swrinam
- Swrinamcountry
Yiddish סורינאַם
- סורינאַם (surinam)country
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
Suriname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suriname
MLA
“Suriname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suriname. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Suriname,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suriname.
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