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Paramaribo
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English
Etymology
en :bor nl:Paramaribo 2
Pronunciation
en /pɑɹəˈmɑːɹɪbəʊ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Paramaribo.wav Southern England
en /ˌpɑɹəˈmɑɹəˌboʊ/ US
pă′rə-mă′rĭ-bō pä-rä-mä′rē-bōParamaribo 1428 2 Paramaribo (pă″ru̇mă′rĭbō, Du. pärämä′rēbō),
păr′ə-măr′ə-bō′Par·a·mar·i·bo 592 2 Par·a·mar·i·bo (păr′ə-măr′ə-bō′),
Proper noun
en Q3001 en caplc district/Paramaribo and c:also/Suriname.
en Q1130134 en district c/Suriname.
Translations
capital of Suriname
Arabic: ar بَارَامَارِيبُو f baramarībū
Asturian: ast Paramaribu
Aukan: djk Pamalibo, djk Foto
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 帕拉馬里博 Pàlāmǎlǐbó
Czech: cs Paramaribo n
Danish: da Paramaribo
Dutch: nl Paramaribo
French: fr Paramaribo m
German: de Paramaribo n
Greek: el Παραμαρίμπο
Hindi: hi पारामारिबो
Japanese: ja パラマリボ Paramaribo
Kari'na: car Paramuru
Khmer: km ប៉ារ៉ាម៉ារីបូ
Korean: ko ^파라마리보
Lokono: arw Parhamorho, arw Paramuru, arw thoyoshikoa
Persian: fa پاراماریبو pârâmâribu
Polish: pl Paramaribo n
Portuguese: pt Paramaribo f
Russian: ru Парамари́бо m
Spanish: es Paramaribo m
Sranan Tongo: srn Paramaribo, srn foto informal
Swedish: sv Paramaribo
Thai: th ปารามารีโบ
Ukrainian: uk Парама́рибо n
Vietnamese: vi Pa-ra-ma-ri-bô
References
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n paramaribský
cs capital city c/Suriname Paramaribo
Declension
n.sg
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
nl :bor car:-
1617. From nl car -; car para is an element indicating "water" and the voiced suffix car -po located in a horizontal or flat, spread out space occurs frequently in toponyms in the Guianas.nl 1990 Indiaanse geografische namen in Suriname en de overige Guyana's Amerindian geographical names in Suriname and the other Guianas Just Wekker OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis nl Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek 14-16 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001199001_01/_oso001199001_01_0003.php 0167-4099 https://web.archive.org/web/20250125212910/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001199001_01/_oso001199001_01_0003.php 25 January 2025Eithne B. Carlin Patterns of language, patterns of thought: the Cariban languages Atlas of the Languages of Suriname Eithne B. Carlin;Jacques Arends 52, 67 w:KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies Leiden 2002 9789067181969 https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14817Konrad Rybka The linguistic encoding of landscape in Lokono 252 Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics Utrecht 2016 978-94-6093-199-4 https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/2691969/169806_RYBKA_THESIS_complete.pdf A more precise meaning could not be established.nl Boekbespreking. Paramaribo. Over den oorsprong en de beteekenis van den naam, derde
druk, door R. D. Simons. Book review. Paramaribo. On the origin and meaning of the name, third
edition, by R. D. Simons. M De West-Indische Gids 1947 376 w:KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies https://www.jstor.org/stable/41835355
Pronunciation
nl /paːraːˈmaːriboː/
nl Nl-Paramaribo.ogg
Proper noun
n
nl capital city c/Suriname Paramaribo
nl district c/Suriname w:Paramaribo District
Derived terms
nl Paramariboër Paramariboos Paramaribop
References
Japanese
Romanization
パラマリボ
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :bor nl:Paramaribo 2
Pronunciation
pt ibu 5
pt Pa ra ma ri bo
Proper noun
f
pt Paramaribo Q3001
Proper noun
m
pt Paramaribo Q1130134
Spanish
Pronunciation
+,Paramáribo
Proper noun
es capital city c/Suriname Paramaribo
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From srn car -.
Pronunciation
para_maribo
Proper noun
srn proper noun
srn somewhat formal srn capital city c/Suriname Paramaribo
srn foto
srn w:Johannes King c. 1885 1980 Skrekiboekoe Book of horrors Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden nl Jan Voorhoeve (surinamist) Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld Den Haag Martinus Nijhoff 9024722527 108, 110 En ala dem ouloetem gran avoo vo wi ben de Afrikan ningre na ningre kondre. Na janda dem ouroetem bakra go bai dem avoo vo wi potti na ini sipi tjari koti habra da bigi soutoe watra, en dem tjari dem kom doro dia na foto Paramaribo. Èn ala den owruten granawo fu wi ben de Afrikan nengre na nengrekondre. Na yanda den owruten bakra go bai den awo fu wi poti na ini sipi tyari koti abra a bigi sowtu watra èn den tyari den kon doro dya na foto Paramaribo And all our forefathers of the olden days were African negroes from negro-country. It was over there that the whites of old went and bought our forefathers and put them in ships to take them across the big salt water, and brought them here to the city of Paramaribo. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/voor007suri01_01/voor007suri01_01_0008.php
srn district c/Suriname w:Paramaribo District