[dem-uh-rahr-uh, -rair-uh] 
) | a light brown raw sugar grown in Guyana and used esp. in the country's rum-making industry. |
[dem-uh-rahr-uh, -rair-uh] | a river in E Guyana flowing S to N and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown. 215 mi. (346 km) long. |
| demerara | |
noun | |
| 1. | a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana |
| 2. | a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic |
| 3. | a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana |
| 4. | dark rum from Guyana |
| 5. | light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana |