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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Without bothering to look it up, I assume there’s a French colony in South America

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, Guyana

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

@[email protected] french guiana is france's largest land border and it's in south america.

guyana is the name of the british colony and it's also in south america and has annoyingly the same name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The old name of Suriname was Dutch Guyana, Guyanas is the name of the region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guianas

They just used the general name when British Guyana became independent.