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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any region whose inhabitants are ethnically related to those of another state
2. 2
   a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another wordnet

Synonyms

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irridenta

Etymology

From Italian irredenta (“unredeemed”).

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