demerara

UK: 'demerara', 'Demerara': /ˌdɛməˈrɛərə/

US: 'demerara', 'Demerara': (dem′ə rär′ə, -râr′ə)

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dem•e•ra•ra  (dem′ə rär′ə, -râr′ə), n. (often cap.)

1. a light brown raw sugar grown in Guyana and used esp. in the country's rum-making industry.

• after the Demerara River

dem′e•ra′ran, adj. 

Dem•e•ra•ra  (dem′ə rär′ə, -râr′ə), n. 

1. Place Names a river in E Guyana flowing S to N and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown. 215 mi. (346 km) long.

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demerara / ˌdɛməˈrɛərə -ˈrɑːrə/ noun

1. brown crystallized cane sugar from the Caribbean and nearby countries

Etymology: 19th Century: named after Demerara, a former region of Guyana

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Demerara / ˌdɛməˈrɛərə -ˈrɑːrə/ noun

1. the Demerara ⇒ a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
2. a former region of what is now Guyana, on the Demerara river