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MeSH Heading: Suriname
Tree Number(s): Z01.107.757.833
Unique ID: D013532
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013532
Annotation: in So. Amer; entry terms NETHERLANDS GUIANA, and DUTCH GUIANA were former names; in translations use American spelling Suriname, not Surinam
Scope Note: A republic in the north of South America, bordered on the west by GUYANA (British Guiana) and on the east by FRENCH GUIANA. Its capital is Paramaribo. It was formerly called Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana or Surinam. Suriname was first settled by the English in 1651 but was ceded to the Dutch by treaty in 1667. It became an autonomous territory under the Dutch crown in 1954 and gained independence in 1975. The country was named for the Surinam River but the meaning of that name is uncertain. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1167 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p526)
Entry Term(s): Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Surinam
Online Note: use SURINAME to search SURINAM 1966-80
History Note: 81; was SURINAM 1963-80
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

Concept UI: M0020907
Scope Note: A republic in the north of South America, bordered on the west by GUYANA (British Guiana) and on the east by FRENCH GUIANA. Its capital is Paramaribo. It was formerly called Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana or Surinam. Suriname was first settled by the English in 1651 but was ceded to the Dutch by treaty in 1667. It became an autonomous territory under the Dutch crown in 1954 and gained independence in 1975. The country was named for the Surinam River but the meaning of that name is uncertain. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1167 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p526)
Terms: Suriname Preferred Term
Term UI T039821
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1983); Surinam
Term UI T039822
Date06/11/1991
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Dutch Guiana
Term UI T039823
Date02/17/1995
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Netherlands Guiana
Term UI T039824
Date02/17/1995
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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