republiqueta
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- republiquette (from French républiquette)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish republiqueta, from república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
republiqueta (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.
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: re‧pu‧bli‧que‧ta
Noun[edit]
republiqueta f (plural republiquetas)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)
Noun[edit]
republiqueta f (plural republiquetas)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: republiqueta
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