Former Dutch colony almost certainly in America (7)

I believe the answer is:

surinam

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'former dutch colony' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'almost certainly in america' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'certainly' becomes 'sure' (synonyms).
'america' becomes 'am'.
'sure' with its final letter taken away is 'sur'.
'sur'+'in'+'am'='SURINAM'

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(Other definitions for surinam that I've seen before include "South American republic, capital Paramaribo" , "South American country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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