a type of coarse, golden-brown sugar; or a former British colony in South America known for sugar production.
Named after the Demerara River in Guyana (formerly British Guiana). The region became famous for sugar plantations in the 17th-18th centuries, and the sugar took the region's name.
Demerara sugar became so famous for quality that its name traveled the world — showing how colonial trade routes turned geographical names into household product names.
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