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Demerara

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Demerara (dĕmərâr`ə), river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, E Guyana, and flowing N to the Atlantic Ocean. Georgetown, Guyana's chief port, is at the river's mouth. The Demerara is navigable for oceangoing vessels to Mackenzie, an important exporting center for bauxite and kaolin.
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"I wish I was at Demerara," I said, in a hollow voice.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It seems to me but yesterday that you went out to Demerara in the Mary Anne,' said Quilp; 'but yesterday, I declare.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
There was a judge's daughter at Demerara went almost mad about him; then there was that beautiful quadroon girl, Miss Pye, at St.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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