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STABROEK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana
Example:
the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812
Synonyms:
Georgetown; Stabroek
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Stabroek" is a part of...):
British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana (a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966)
