Irridenta

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another wordnet

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irredentairredenta

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"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."

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