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What is the official English spelling: Surinam or Suriname?

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Officially the Republic of Suriname.

Traditionally spelled Surinam by the English who founded the first colony at Marshall's Creek.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname

Nov 05 2008, 5:11 PM
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It's hard to see the logic here: The country is spelled "Suriname" in most languages. It's spelled "Surinam" in Scandinavia, but not in German, it's also spelled "Surinam" in Spanish, but not in Italian or French, it's spelled "Surinam" in Serbo-Croatian but not in Hungarian and so on.

Nov 05 2008, 5:42 PM
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