Verweggistan

Dutch

Etymology

From ver weg (“far away”) + -stan, calque from English Faroffistan. First coined in Donald Duck magazine in the late 50s by Carl Fallberg. Cf. Danish Langtbortistan, Swedish Långtbortistan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrˈʋɛɣistɑn/

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• Hyphenation: Ver‧weg‧gi‧stan

Proper noun

Verweggistan n

1. A proverbially obscure, far away country. Literally means 'farawayistan', and is used similar to Timbuktu or Outer Mongolia in English.