Paramaribo
English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /pɑɹəˈmɑːɹɪbəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɑɹəˈmɑɹəˌboʊ/
- enPR: pă′rə-mă′rĭ-bō, pä-rä-mä′rē-bō[1]
- enPR: păr′ə-măr′ə-bō′[2]
Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo
- The capital city of Suriname.
Translations
[edit]capital of Suriname
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References
[edit]- ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Paramaribo”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1428, column 2: “Paramaribo (pă″ru̇mă′rĭbō, Du. pärämä′rēbō), […]”
- ^ “Par·a·mar·i·bo”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 592, column 2: “Par·a·mar·i·bo (păr′ə-măr′ə-bō′), […]”
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo n (relational adjective paramaribský)
- Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Paramaribo (sg-only hard neuter)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Paramaribo |
| genitive | Paramariba |
| dative | Paramaribu |
| accusative | Paramaribo |
| vocative | Paramaribo |
| locative | Paramaribu |
| instrumental | Paramaribem |
Further reading
[edit]- “Paramaribo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1617. From Kari'na; para is an element indicating "water" and the voiced suffix -po (“located in a horizontal or flat, spread out space”) occurs frequently in toponyms in the Guianas.[1][2][3] A more precise meaning could not be established.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo n
- Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
- Paramaribo District (a district of Suriname)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Just Wekker (1990), “Indiaanse geografische namen in Suriname en de overige Guyana's [Amerindian geographical names in Suriname and the other Guianas]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis[1] (in Dutch), Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, pages 14-16
- ^ Eithne B. Carlin (2002), “Patterns of language, patterns of thought: the Cariban languages”, in Eithne B. Carlin, Jacques Arends, editors, Atlas of the Languages of Suriname[2], Leiden: KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, →ISBN, pages 52, 67
- ^ Konrad Rybka (2016), The linguistic encoding of landscape in Lokono[3], Utrecht: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics, →ISBN, page 252
- ^ M (1947), “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.]”, in De West-Indische Gids[4] (in Dutch), KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, page 376
Japanese
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[edit]Paramaribo
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo f
- Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /paɾamaˈɾibo/ [pa.ɾa.maˈɾi.β̞o], /paɾaˈmaɾibo/ [pa.ɾaˈma.ɾi.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo, -aɾibo
- Syllabification: Pa‧ra‧ma‧ri‧bo
Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo ?
- Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kari'na.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Paramaribo
- (somewhat formal) Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
- Synonym: foto
- c. 1885, Johannes King, “Skrekiboekoe [Book of horrors]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden[5], Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, pages 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.
- Paramaribo District (a district of Suriname)
Categories:
- English 5-syllable words
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- en:Cities in Suriname
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- cs:Cities in Suriname
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- cs:Places in Suriname
- Czech uncountable nouns
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- Dutch terms borrowed from Kari'na
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Cities in Suriname
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- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- pt:Cities in Suriname
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- Spanish 5-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ibo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ibo/5 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾibo
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾibo/5 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish uncountable proper nouns
- es:Cities in Suriname
- es:National capitals
- es:Places in Suriname
- Sranan Tongo terms borrowed from Kari'na
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- Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation
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- srn:Cities in Suriname
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- srn:Places in Suriname
- Sranan Tongo terms with quotations
- srn:Districts of Suriname