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Demerara

DEFINITIONS OF: Demerara

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n a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana

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colony, settlement
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

n a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic

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river
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
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