# Suriname
## English
### Alternative forms

* Surinam

### Etymology

From English Surinam, from the name of the Surinen people, likely Lokono.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˌsjʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˈsʊə.ɹɪ.næm/
* (US) IPA: /ˌsʊɹ.ɪˈnɑm/, /ˈsʊɹ.ɪ.nɑm/, /ˈsʊɹ.ɪ.næm/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Suriname
* A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.

#### Derived terms

* Suriname cherry
* Suriname toad

#### Related terms

* Surinamer
* Surinamese

#### Translations
### See also

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

### Further reading

* Suriname on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Sumerian, aneurism, arsenium

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Surinam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌsyriˈnaːmə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧me
* Rhymes: -aːmə

### Proper noun

Suriname n
* Suriname (a country in South America)
* (historical) Dutch Guiana (a former Dutch colony and former overseas territory equivalent to modern-day Suriname) [1667–1975]
** 1922, “Constitution of the Netherlands”, in DeNederlandseGrondwet.nl‎, Montesquieu Institute, retrieved 19 February 2025:Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden omvat het grondgebied van Nederland, Nederlandsch-Indië, Suriname en Curaçao.The Kingdom of the Netherlands comprises the territory of the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and Curaçao.
* (historical) a former district within Suriname [1927–1983]

#### Derived terms

* Su
* Surinaams
* Surinamer
* surinamisering
* surinamist
* surinamistiek
* Surined
* suripop

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: Srinama, Srinamah
* → English: Suriname

### Proper noun

Suriname m or f
* (uncommon) Synonym of Surinamerivier (“Suriname River”)

#### Derived terms

* Beneden-Suriname
* Boven-Suriname
* Surinamerivier

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* Surinam (dated)

### Etymology

From Dutch Suriname.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsurinɑme/, [ˈs̠uriˌnɑ̝me̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑme
* Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧me

### Proper noun

Suriname
* Suriname (a country in South America)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Suriname (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Surinameni
accusative
nom.
Surinameni
gen.
Surinameni
genitive
Surinameni
partitive
Surinameani
inessive
Surinamessani
elative
Surinamestani
illative
Surinameeni
adessive
Surinamellani
ablative
Surinameltani
allative
Surinamelleni
essive
Surinamenani
translative
Surinamekseni
abessive
Surinamettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Surinamesi
accusative
nom.
Surinamesi
gen.
Surinamesi
genitive
Surinamesi
partitive
Surinameasi
inessive
Surinamessasi
elative
Surinamestasi
illative
Surinameesi
adessive
Surinamellasi
ablative
Surinameltasi
allative
Surinamellesi
essive
Surinamenasi
translative
Surinameksesi
abessive
Surinamettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Surinamemme
accusative
nom.
Surinamemme
gen.
Surinamemme
genitive
Surinamemme
partitive
Surinameamme
inessive
Surinamessamme
elative
Surinamestamme
illative
Surinameemme
adessive
Surinamellamme
ablative
Surinameltamme
allative
Surinamellemme
essive
Surinamenamme
translative
Surinameksemme
abessive
Surinamettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Surinamenne
accusative
nom.
Surinamenne
gen.
Surinamenne
genitive
Surinamenne
partitive
Surinameanne
inessive
Surinamessanne
elative
Surinamestanne
illative
Surinameenne
adessive
Surinamellanne
ablative
Surinameltanne
allative
Surinamellenne
essive
Surinamenanne
translative
Surinameksenne
abessive
Surinamettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Surinamensa
accusative
nom.
Surinamensa
gen.
Surinamensa
genitive
Surinamensa
partitive
Surinameaan Surinameansa
inessive
Surinamessaan Surinamessansa
elative
Surinamestaan Surinamestansa
illative
Surinameensa
adessive
Surinamellaan Surinamellansa
ablative
Surinameltaan Surinameltansa
allative
Surinamelleen Surinamellensa
essive
Surinamenaan Surinamenansa
translative
Surinamekseen Surinameksensa
abessive
Surinamettaan Surinamettansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* Alankomaiden Guayana (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* surinamelainen

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Suriname n (proper noun, genitive Surinames or (optionally with an article) Suriname)
* Suriname (a country in South America)
    Synonym: Surinam

#### Derived terms

* Surinamer
* surinamisch

#### See also

* Saramakka m
* Saramakkaner m
* Saramakkaneger
* Saramakka n
* Maroneger

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsurinaːm] (phonetic respelling: szurinám)
* Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧name
* Rhymes: -aːm

### Proper noun

Suriname
* Suriname (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* suriname-i
* Suriname Köztársaság

### References

* ↑ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Suriname.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /suriˈnamə/ [su.riˈna.mə]
* Syllabification: Su‧ri‧na‧me

### Proper noun

Surinamê
* Suriname (a country in South America)

### Further reading

* “Suriname” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Proper noun

Suriname m
* Suriname (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* surinamese

### Anagrams

* muranesi

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Suriname.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /su.ɾiˈnɐ̃.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /su.ɾiˈnɐ̃.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /su.ɾiˈnɐ.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.ɾiˈnɐ.mɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.ɾiˈnɐ.mɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /su.ɾiˈna.mɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi, (Portugal) -ɐmɨ
* Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧me

### Proper noun

Suriname m
* Suriname (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* surinamense
* surinamês