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West Frisian
Etymology
From banaan + -e- + republyk, calque of Dutch bananenrepubliek, from English banana republic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈnaːnəreːpyblik/, /bəˈnaːnəreːpyblik/
Noun
bananerepublyk c (plural bananerepubliken, diminutive bananerepublykje)
- banana republic
2016 June 19, “Tsientallen protest-bananen op strân Skiermûntseach”, in Omrop Fryslân:Mei de bananen op it strân wolle de aksjefierders sjen litte dat ek Nederlân in bananerepublyk is. Neffens ien fan harren betsjut de útspraak fan Kamp dat "it blykber allinnich yn bananerepubliken mooglik is om gaswinning yn natuergebieten op te kearen".- With the bananas on the beach the activists want to show that the Netherlands are a banana republic as well. According one of them the statement by Kamp means that "it is apparently only possible in banana republics to prevent gas extractions in natural reserves".