Suriname

English

Alternative forms

• Surinam

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˌsjʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/, /ˈsʊə.ɹɪ.næm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsʊɹ.ɪˈnɑm/, /ˈsʊɹ.ɪ.nɑm/, /ˈsʊɹ.ɪ.næm/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Suriname

2. 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

country

• Abkhaz: Суринам (Surinam)
• Afrikaans: Suriname
• Albanian: Surinam m, Surinami m (definite)
• Amharic: ሱሪናም (surinam)
• Antillean Creole: Sirinanm m
• Arabic: سُورِينَام f (sūrīnām)
• Armenian: Սուրինամ (Surinam)
• Aukan: Saanan
• Azerbaijani: Surinam (az)
• Bashkir: Суринам (Surinam)
• Belarusian: Сурына́м m (Surynám)
• Bengali: সুরিনাম (bn) (śurinam)
• Breton: Surinam m
• Bulgarian: Сурина́м m (Surinám)
• Burmese: ဆူရာနမ် (hcuranam)
• Buryat: Суринам (Surinam)
• Caribbean Hindustani: Sarnam
• Catalan: Surinam (ca) m
• Chechen: Суринам (Surinam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇里南 (zh) (Sūlǐnán)

• Corsican: Suriname m
• Crimean Tatar: Surinam
• Czech: Surinam (cs) m
• Danish: Surinam (da) n
• Dhivehi: ސުރިނާމް (surinām̊)
• Dutch: Suriname (nl) n
• Esperanto: Surinamo (eo)
• Estonian: Suriname (et)
• Faroese: Surinam n
• Finnish: Suriname (fi)
• French: Surinam (fr) m, Suriname (fr) m
• Galician: Surinam (gl)
• Georgian: სურინამი (ka) (surinami)
• German: Surinam (de) n, Suriname (de) n
• Greek: Σουρινάμ (el) n (Sourinám)
• Guianese Creole: Sourinanm m, Sirinanm m
• Gujarati: સુરીનામ (surīnām)
• Haitian Creole: Sirinam m
• Hebrew: סוּרִינָם \ סורינאם f (surinám)
• Hindi: सूरीनाम (hi) m (sūrīnām), सुरिनाम (hi) m (surinām)
• Hungarian: Suriname (hu)
• Icelandic: Súrínam (is) n
• Indonesian: Suriname (id)
• Irish: Suranam
• Italian: Suriname (it) m
• Japanese: スリナム (ja) (Surinamu)
• Kabardian: Суринам (Surinam)
• Kalenjin: Surinam
• Kamba: Surinamu
• Kannada: ಸುರಿನಾಮ್ (kn) (surinām)
• Kari'na: Surinama
• Kazakh: Суринам (kk) (Surinam)
• Khmer: សូរីណាម (km) (souriinaam)
• Kikuyu: Surinamu
• Korean: 수리남 (ko) (Surinam)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sûrînam

• Kyrgyz: Суринам (Surinam)
• Lao: ຊູຣີນາມ (sū rī nām), ຊູລີນາມ (sū lī nām), ຊູຣິນາມ (sū ri nām), ຊູລິນາມ (sū li nām)
• Latin: Surinamia f
• Latvian: Surinama (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Surinamas (lt) m
• Luhya: Surinamu
• Luo: Surinam
• Macedonian: Сурина́м m (Surinám)
• Malay: Suriname
• Malayalam: സുരിനാം (surināṁ)
• Maltese: Is-Surinam
• Maori: Hurināme, Hurinamo
• Marathi: सुरिनाम (surinām)
• Meru: Surinamu
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Суринам (Surinam)

• Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí Tółáníinii Bikéyah
• Norman: Suriname m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Surinam n

• Occitan: Surinam (oc) m
• Odia: ସୁରିନାମ (surinamô)
• Ossetian: Суринам (Surinam)
• Pashto: سورينام m (surinām)
• Persian: سورینام (surinâm)
• Polish: Surinam (pl) m
• Portuguese: Suriname (pt) m
• Romanian: Surinam n
• Russian: Сурина́м (ru) m (Surinám)
• Saramaccan: Saana köndë
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Су̀ринам m

  Roman: Sùrinam (sh) m

• Shan: မိူင်းသျူးရီးၼႃႇမႄႇ (móeng sjúu ríi nàa màae)
• Sinhalese: සුරිනාමය (surināmaya)
• Slovak: Surinam m
• Slovene: Surinam (sl) m
• Spanish: Surinam (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Sranan, Sranankondre, Sranangron
• Swahili: Surinamu (sw)
• Swedish: Surinam (sv) n
• Tagalog: Surinam
• Tajik: Суринам (tg) (Surinam)
• Tamil: சுரிநாம் (curinām)
• Tatar: Суринам (Surinam)
• Telugu: సురినామ్ (te) (surinām)
• Thai: ซูรินาเม (suu-rí-naa-mee), ซูรินาม (th) (suu-rí-naam)
• Tibetan: སུ་རི་ནེམ (su ri nem)
• Tigrinya: ሱሪናም (surinam)
• Turkish: Surinam (tr)
• Turkmen: Surinam
• Ukrainian: Сурина́м (uk) m (Surynám)
• Urdu: سرینام m (sūrīnām)
• Uyghur: سۇرىنام (surinam)
• Uzbek: Surinam (uz)
• Vietnamese: Xu-ri-nam
• Wayana: Salanan
• West Frisian: Surinam (fy) n, Suriname (fy) n
• Yakut: Суринам (Surinam)
• Yiddish: סורינאַם n (surinam)
• Yoruba: Surinami

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; 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^(key): /ˌsyriˈnaːmə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧me
• Rhymes: -aːmə

Proper noun

Suriname n

1. Suriname (a country in South America)
2. (Suriname) the region around Paramaribo

Derived terms

• Su
• Surinaams
• Surinamer
• Surinamerivier
• surinamisering
• surinamist
• surinamistiek
• Surined
• suripop

Descendants

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

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Surinam (dated)

Etymology

From Dutch Suriname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsurinɑme/, [ˈs̠uriˌnɑ̝me̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑme
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧ri‧na‧me

Proper noun

Suriname

1. Suriname (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Suriname (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Suriname	—
genitive		Surinamen	—
partitive		Surinamea	—
illative		Surinameen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Suriname	—
accusative	nom.	Suriname	—
	gen.	Surinamen
genitive		Surinamen	—
partitive		Surinamea	—
inessive		Surinamessa	—
elative		Surinamesta	—
illative		Surinameen	—
adessive		Surinamella	—
ablative		Surinamelta	—
allative		Surinamelle	—
essive		Surinamena	—
translative		Surinameksi	—
abessive		Surinametta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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)

1. 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^(key): [ˈsurinaːm] (phonetic respelling: szurinám)
• Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧name
• Rhymes: -aːm

Proper noun

Suriname

1. Suriname (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Suriname	—
accusative	Suriname-ot	—
dative	Suriname-nak	—
instrumental	Suriname-mal	—
causal-final	Suriname-ért	—
translative	Suriname-má	—
terminative	Suriname-ig	—
essive-formal	Suriname-ként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Suriname-ban	—
superessive	Suriname-on	—
adessive	Suriname-nál	—
illative	Suriname-ba	—
sublative	Suriname-ra	—
allative	Suriname-hoz	—
elative	Suriname-ból	—
delative	Suriname-ról	—
ablative	Suriname-tól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Suriname-é	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Suriname-éi	—

Possessive forms of Suriname
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Surniname-om	—
2nd person sing.	Surniname-od	—
3rd person sing.	Surniname-ja	—
1st person plural	Surniname-unk	—
2nd person plural	Surniname-otok	—
3rd person plural	Surniname-juk	—

Derived terms

• suriname-i
• Suriname Köztársaság

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Suriname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ri.ˈna.mə/
• Rhymes: -mə
• Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧mê

Proper noun

Surinamê

1. 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

1. Suriname (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• surinamese

Anagrams

• muranesi

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Suriname.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈnɐ̃.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈnɐ̃.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈnɐ.me/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈnɐ.mɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈnɐ.mɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈna.mɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi, (Portugal) -ɐmɨ
• Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧na‧me

Proper noun

Suriname m

1. Suriname (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• surinamense
• surinamês