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Poyais

Poyais proper noun: an invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.

Proper noun

Poyais

  1. (historical) An invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.

Words formed from Poyais

Questions about Poyais

What does Poyais mean?
Poyais means an invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.
What part of speech is Poyais?
Poyais is a proper noun.

Words near Poyais in the dictionary

  1. poxvirologists
  2. poxvirus
  3. poxviruses
  4. poxy
  5. poy
  6. Poyais
  7. Poyaisian
  8. Poyaisians
  9. Poyang
  10. poyarkovite
  11. Poyer

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