English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Demerara
Demerara
is a historical region in
the Guianas
on the north coast of
South America
which is now part of the country of
Guyana
. It was a
Dutch colony
until 1815 and a county of
British Guiana
from 1838 to 1966. It was located about the lower courses of the
Demerara River
, and its main town was
Georgetown
.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License