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Hungarian
Etymology
Calque of English banana republic. From banán (“banana”) + köztársaság (“republic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ba‧nán‧köz‧tár‧sa‧ság
Noun
banánköztársaság (plural banánköztársaságok)
- (politics, derogatory) banana republic
Declension
Further reading
- banánköztársaság in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).