ooli2@lemm.ee to Map Porn@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThe longest land border for each European countryi.redd.itimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmit.online
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageThe longest land border for each European countryi.redd.itooli2@lemm.ee to Map Porn@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: mapporn@lemmit.online
minus-squarebeerclue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWhat’s up with the Brazilian flag??
minus-squareferb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWithout bothering to look it up, I assume there’s a French colony in South America
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months ago@ferb@sh.itjust.works 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.
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoThe 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.
What’s up with the Brazilian flag??
Without bothering to look it up, I assume there’s a French colony in South America
Yes, Guyana
@ferb@sh.itjust.works 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.
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.