ooli2@lemm.ee to Map Porn@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe longest land border for each European countryi.redd.itimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageThe longest land border for each European countryi.redd.itooli2@lemm.ee to Map Porn@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarebeerclue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhat’s up with the Brazilian flag??
minus-squareferb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWithout bothering to look it up, I assume there’s a French colony in South America
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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-up5·1 year 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.