Ruritanian

//ˌɹʊɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ni.ən//

Synonyms for "ruritanian"

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Translations

11 translations across 4 languages.

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Finnish

2 entries
  • vinkuintialainen adj (used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person)
  • vinkuintialainen noun (person from the fictional land of Ruritania)

French

4 entries
  • Bordurie adj (used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person)
  • Poldavie adj (used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person)
  • Syldavie adj (used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person)
  • chimérique adj (of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue)

German

2 entries
  • Ruritanier noun (person from the fictional land of Ruritania)
  • Ruritanierin noun (person from the fictional land of Ruritania)

Spanish

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  • quimérico adj (of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue)

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These claims were called the Greater Ruritania by the cultivated classes who regarded Kipling, Treitschke, and Maurice Barres as one hundred percent Ruritanian. But the grandiose idea aroused no enthusiasm abroad. So holding this finest flower of the Ruritanian genius, as their poet laureate said, to their hearts, Ruritania's statesmen went forth to divide and conquer.

Source: wiktionary

In practice, the Ruritanian regime is autocratic, controlling business, government, finance, and military posts.

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