-landia
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See also: -lândia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-landia
- (humorous) A fictional or metaphorical place relating to the person or thing being suffixed.
- 1987, Robert Maccubbin, Tis Nature's Fault: Unauthorized Sexuality during the Enlightenment, page 235:
- "The action takes place in Fucklandia in the city of Venus-Mound situated on the banks of the Brothela, in the palace of Testiculus."
- 2008, Paul Fischer, Rita Cheng, William Taylor, Advanced Accounting, page 666:
- Keltner Enterprises has acquired an 80% interest in Jacklandia (a foreign company).
- 2011, Jeff Kahn, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story, page 46:
- I set down a fishy can of tuna, which in Catlandia is as enticing as foie gras to gourmets and shooting speedballs to junkies.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
territory, country or region (suffix) — see -land
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English -land + -ia. Cognate to Portuguese -lândia.
Suffix[edit]
-landia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -landias)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “-landia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -land
- English terms suffixed with -ia
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English humorous terms
- English terms with quotations
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ia
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish feminine suffixes