ABC-statene
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Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
[edit]ABC + statene , the first part refers to the first letter of each respective country; Argentina (“Argentina”), Brasil (“Brazil”) and Chile (“Chile”). Last part is the definite plural form of stat (“state”), from Middle Low German stat (“state, rank”), from Latin status (“fixed, set, regular”), perfect passive participle of sistō (“I cause to stand, set, place”), from Proto-Italic *sistō (“stand, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up, to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ABC-statene m pl
- ABC countries, ABC powers (the three states of Argentina, Brazil and Chile in South America)
- ABC-statene er de rikeste landene i Sør-Amerika
- the ABC countries are the richest countries in South America
- ABC-statene er de rikeste landene i Sør-Amerika
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