republiqueta
English
editAlternative forms
edit- republiquette (from French républiquette)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Spanish republiqueta, from república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Noun
editrepubliqueta (plural republiquetas)
- (politics, derogatory) A small and recently created republic, with a precarious organization and weak institutions.
- Near-synonym: banana republic
- 1968, F. Seth Singleton, The African States and the Congo Affair, 1960-1965, page 80:
- Lumumba replied by going on the air to congratulate "our brothers of the North Congo," in "the republiquette of the Abbe Youlou."
- (specifically, history) An independence-seeking guerrilla group in 19th-century South America.
Translations
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Portuguese
editEtymology
editrepública (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: re‧pu‧bli‧que‧ta
Noun
editrepubliqueta f (plural republiquetas)
Spanish
editEtymology
editrepública (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)
Noun
editrepubliqueta f (plural republiquetas)
Descendants
edit- → English: republiqueta
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