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irridenta

irridenta noun: a region that has ethnic or historic ties to a political entity (such as a country) other than the one that rules it.

Noun

irridenta (plural irridentas)

  1. A region that has ethnic or historic ties to a political entity (such as a country) other than the one that rules it.
    • The Iranians likewise enjoy myths about the origin of the Iranian peoples, their glorious past, the superiority of their language and the need to use it for political unification, a xenophobia about strangers or newcomers, and an immense irridenta.1952, John Allen Krout, International Tensions in the Middle East
    • The position of the Third Congress of the CPY regarding individual irridenta and separatist national movements is rather interesting.1991, Stanoje Ivanović, The Creation and Changes of the Internal Borders of Yugoslavia

Forms of irridenta

pluralirridentas

Questions about irridenta

What does irridenta mean?
Irridenta means a region that has ethnic or historic ties to a political entity (such as a country) other than the one that rules it.
What part of speech is irridenta?
Irridenta is a noun.
What is the plural of irridenta?
The plural of irridenta is irridentas.

Words near irridenta in the dictionary

  1. Irrewillipe East
  2. irrhythmia
  3. irrhythmic
  4. irrhythmically
  5. IRRI
  6. irridenta
  7. irridentas
  8. irridescent
  9. irridiating
  10. irrigable
  11. irrigably

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