Surinamese
Speech parts
1. Surinamese - Noun
2. Surinamese - Adjective
Meaning
Surinamese (plural Surinamese)
A person from Suriname or of Surinamese descent.
Surinamese (not comparable)
Of, from, or pertaining to Suriname, the Surinamese people or the Surinamese language.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Indeed, Surinamese politics soon degenerated into ethnic polarisation and corruption, with the NPS using Dutch aid money for partisan purposes.
In 2013 an estimated 11,530 Guyanese had emigrated to Suriname and 4,662 Surinamese to Guyana.
As an example, he mentioned the problems that a Surinamese producer is experiencing through obstacles created by the Trinidadian authorities preventing him from exporting Surinamese duck meat to Trinidad and Tobago.
The choice of becoming Surinamese or Dutch citizens in the years leading up to Suriname's independence in 1975 led to a mass migration to the Netherlands.
On June 3, 2000, two patrol boats from the Surinamese navy approached CGX’s oil rig and drill ship, the C.E. Thornton, which was located at approximately 15.4 miles west of the eastern limit of the concession area.
The Suriname government claimed that the oil rig was in Surinamese territorial waters.