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Austenasia

Austenasia proper noun: a micronation, a purported constitutional monarchy, claiming sovereignty over a suburban house in the Wrythe, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton with several claimed exclaves around the world. Capital: Wrythe.

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Proper noun

Austenasia

  1. A micronation, a purported constitutional monarchy, claiming sovereignty over a suburban house in the Wrythe, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton with several claimed exclaves around the world. Capital: Wrythe.
    • Cabinet is formed out of one representative from each town in Austenasia. The representatives are elected by the residents of the respective town every year.2008 September 20, Jonathan Austen, Act 1 (The Constitution) [Austenasian Constitution of 2008], Empire of Austenasia, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2018
    • Austenasia was created on September 20, 2008, when founding father Terry Austen, now aged 43, and his son Jonathan, now aged 16, declared independence from the Sutton suburb.2011 September 23, “Carshalton "micronation" pushes for independence from Sutton”, in Yourlocalguardian

Examples of Austenasia in a sentence

  • The leader of Austenasia has given a plot of land to the people of Renasia, in a deal that has strengthened ties between the two nations.2014 July 9, Tom Gillespie, “Leader of 'independent micronation' Austenasia in Carshalton donates land to Renasia”, in Telegraph & Argus...
  • Austenasia's emperor, Jonathan Austen, 25, has had to follow the shelter-in-place guidelines imposed by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the other side of his front door.2020 June 21, James Hookway, “Fake Countries Have a Hard Time Dealing with the Pandemic, Too”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from...

Origin of Austenasia

From Austen (“an English surname”) + -ia (“used in forming the names of countries”), further etymology uncertain. Declared 20 September 2008 by Jonathan Austen and named for the ruling house (dynasty). The inclusion of -as- may have been by analogy with terms like Australasia, Eurasia and Malaysia.

Words formed from Austenasia

  • Austenasian

Questions about Austenasia

What does Austenasia mean?
Austenasia means a micronation, a purported constitutional monarchy, claiming sovereignty over a suburban house in the Wrythe, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton with several claimed exclaves around the world. Capital: Wrythe.
How do you use Austenasia in a sentence?
The leader of Austenasia has given a plot of land to the people of Renasia, in a deal that has strengthened ties between the two nations.
What part of speech is Austenasia?
Austenasia is a proper noun.

Words near Austenasia in the dictionary

  1. austemper
  2. austempered
  3. austempering
  4. austempers
  5. Austen
  6. Austenasia
  7. Austenesque
  8. Austenian
  9. Austeniana
  10. Austenians
  11. Austenish

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