How did Suriname get its name?

I did not know the answer myself, so I read some the answers from various resources. *** There has yet to be discovered a lot about the Surinamese history. So this is kind of a complicated topic. read more

The Netherlands got Suriname and England got Nieuw Amsterdam (New York). The name Suriname, presumably, came from ‘surinen’. Surinen was the name of an Indian tribe, that lived in all three Guyana’s. (At that time, Guyana, French-Guyana and Suriname were all called Guiana. It is a collective name). In addition, Suriname was written differently. read more

Suriname (/ ˈ sj ʊər ɪ n æ m /, US also /-n ɑː m /, also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˌblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. read more

Suriname is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, by French Guiana to the east, by Brazil to the south, and by Guyana to the west. Suriname is involved in territorial disputes with both Guyana and French Guiana that are legacies of colonial rule. read more