banaanitasavalta
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]banaani (“banana”) + tasavalta (“republic”); calque of English banana republic, see also the Etymology section of that entry.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɑnɑːniˌtɑsɑˌʋɑltɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝nɑ̝ːniˌt̪ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
- Syllabification(key): ba‧naa‧ni‧ta‧sa‧val‧ta
Noun
[edit]banaanitasavalta (derogatory)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “banaanitasavalta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02