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Bananaland

Bananaland proper noun: nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.

Proper noun

Bananaland

  1. (Australia, slang) Nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.
    • The post-office is in New South Wales, and the police-barracks in Bananaland.1896, Henry Lawson, “Hungerford”, in While the Billy Boils, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus and Robertson […], →OCLC, page 41
    • But it's ages before the news gets up north to Bananaland that the ASL has passed more motions against agitators than you can poke a stick at, especially if they agitate amongst the unemployed.2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 145

Origin of Bananaland

From banana + -land, after Queensland, since the tropical coast of Queensland is suited to growing bananas.

Words formed from Bananaland

Questions about Bananaland

What does Bananaland mean?
Bananaland means nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.
What part of speech is Bananaland?
Bananaland is a proper noun.

Words near Bananaland in the dictionary

  1. bananadine
  2. bananaey
  3. Bananagate
  4. bananageddon
  5. bananahood
  6. Bananaland
  7. Bananalander
  8. Bananalanders
  9. bananaless
  10. bananalike
  11. bananapants

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