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Freedonia

UK/fɹiːˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/US/fɹiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/

Freedonia proper noun: used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.

freedonia: used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc
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Proper noun

Freedonia

  1. Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
    • Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!1933, Bert Kalmar et al., Duck Soup
    • That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia.1949 February, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 37
  2. A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Freedonia) located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
    • The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.2000 March, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2005

Examples of Freedonia in a sentence

  • Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania.2004, Steven M. Cahn, A New Introduction to Philosophy, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 96:
  • You are an advertising executive in Freedonia.2022 [2011], Chris Roberts, Jay Black, Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms of Freedonia

alternative formFredonia

Origin of Freedonia

Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.

Words formed from Freedonia

Words that rhyme with Freedonia

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Questions about Freedonia

What does Freedonia mean?
Freedonia means used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
How do you use Freedonia in a sentence?
Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania.
What part of speech is Freedonia?
Freedonia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Freedonia?
Freedonia is pronounced /fɹiːˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/ (UK).

Words near Freedonia in the dictionary

  1. freedomlessness
  2. freedoms
  3. freedoms of the air
  4. freedoms of trade
  5. freedomware
  6. Freedonia
  7. Freedonian
  8. Freedonians
  9. freedpeople
  10. freedperson
  11. freedpersons

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