bananalýðveldi

Icelandic

Etymology

From banani (“banana”) +‎ lýðveldi (“republic”).

Noun

bananalýðveldi n (genitive singular bananalýðveldis, nominative plural bananalýðveldi)

1. (politics, idiomatic, derogatory) banana republic

Declension

declension of bananalýðveldi

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bananalýðveldi	bananalýðveldið	bananalýðveldi	bananalýðveldin
accusative	bananalýðveldi	bananalýðveldið	bananalýðveldi	bananalýðveldin
dative	bananalýðveldi	bananalýðveldinu	bananalýðveldum	bananalýðveldunum
genitive	bananalýðveldis	bananalýðveldisins	bananalýðvelda	bananalýðveldanna

Further reading

• “bananalýðveldi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)