Saramacca
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Saramacca may refer to:
- Saramacca DistrictSaramacca DistrictSaramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north. Saramacca's capital city is Groningen, with other towns and cities including Batavia and Boskamp.Saramacca has a population of 13,600 and an area of 3,636 km²....
- Saramaccan languageSaramaccan languageSaramaccan is a creole language spoken by about 24,000 people near the Saramacca and upper Suriname Rivers in Suriname , and 2,000 in French Guiana...
- Saramacca RiverSaramacca RiverSaramacca River is a river in Suriname . Arawaks named this river "Surama", and today's name "Saramacca" is probably derived from it. It originates in the Wilhelmina Mountains and flows northwards and enters the Atlantic Ocean together with Coppename River. It has a river basin of 9.400 km² and...
- The SaramakaSaramakaThe Saramaka or Saramacca are one of six Maroon peoples in the Republic of Suriname. The word "Maroon" comes from the Spanish cimarrón, itself derived from an Arawakan root; by the early 16th century it was used throughout the Americas to designate slaves who successfully escaped from slavery.-...
or Saramacca peoples