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Bananagate

Bananagate proper noun: a scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.

Proper noun

Bananagate

  1. A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.

Origin of Bananagate

From banana + -gate.

Questions about Bananagate

What does Bananagate mean?
Bananagate means a scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.
What part of speech is Bananagate?
Bananagate is a proper noun.

Words near Bananagate in the dictionary

  1. bananabirds
  2. bananacue
  3. bananacues
  4. bananadine
  5. bananaey
  6. Bananagate
  7. bananageddon
  8. bananahood
  9. Bananaland
  10. Bananalander
  11. Bananalanders

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