c/mapporn · by ooli2@lemm.ee · 1yThe longest land border for each European country 16 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
6 Comments
Staden_@pawb.social · 8 pts · 1y
France 👀
beerclue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
What's up with the Brazilian flag??
ferb@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Without bothering to look it up, I assume there’s a French colony in South America
Staden_@pawb.social · 8 pts · 1y
Yes, Guyana
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
@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.
infeeeee@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
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.