English edit

Etymology edit

wop +‎ -land

Proper noun edit

Wopland

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Italy.
    • 1977, Jack Douglas, Going Nuts in Brazil with Jack Douglas, page 126:
      We don't have him. We have Señor Fonzago, he's a big movie star in Wopland. Rome.
    • 1977, Robert S. Raymond, A Yank in Bomber Command, page 77:
      [] in Wopland. Looking down on the magnificent panorama of the snow-clad peaks (Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn et al.), the snow fields and glaciers all reflecting the bright sunshine with dazzling whiteness []
    • 2003, Ernest Hemingway, ‎Carlos Baker, Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961 (page 37)
      [] Wopland and I'm all for workage this winter.