demerara

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[ˌdɛməˈrɑːrə], (Noun)

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- light brown cane sugar coming originally and chiefly from Guyana

- a dark rum fermented from molasses, made in Guyana


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mid 19th century: named after the region of Demerara


[ˌdɛməˈrɑːrə], (Noun)

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- a river of northern Guyana. Rising in the Guiana Highlands, it flows about 320 km (200 miles) northwards to the Atlantic

- a former Dutch colony in South America, now part of Guyana


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