банановая республика

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Russian

Etymology

Calque of English banana republic.

Pronunciation

Noun

бана́новая респу́блика (banánovaja respúblikaf inan (genitive бана́новой респу́блики, nominative plural бана́новые респу́блики, genitive plural бана́новых респу́блик)

  1. (politics, idiomatic, derogatory) banana republic
    • 1999, Виктор Пелевин, Generation «П», Вагриус; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Homo Zapiens, Penguin Books, 2000:
      Тата́рский, коне́чно, ненави́дел сове́тскую власть в большинстве́ её проявле́ний, но всё же ему́ бы́ло непоня́тно — сто́ило ли меня́ть импе́рию зла на бана́новую респу́блику зла, кото́рая импорти́рует бана́ны из Финля́ндии.
      Tatárskij, konéšno, nenavídel sovétskuju vlastʹ v bolʹšinstvé jejó projavlénij, no vsjo že jemú býlo neponjátno — stóilo li menjátʹ impériju zla na banánovuju respúbliku zla, kotóraja importírujet banány iz Finljándii.
      Tatarsky, of course, hated most of the manifestations of Soviet power, but he still couldn’t understand why it was worth exchanging an evil empire for an evil banana republic that imported its bananas from Finland.

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