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Bananaland

name

Etymology

From banana + -land, after Queensland, since the tropical coast of Queensland is suited to growing bananas.

  1. derived from بَنَان
  2. derived from ꕒꘌꕯ
  3. derived from banana
  4. derived from banaana
  5. borrowed from banana
  6. borrowed from banana
  7. suffixed as bananaland — “banana + land”

Definitions

  1. Nickname for Queensland

    Nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.

    • The post-office is in New South Wales, and the police-barracks in Bananaland.
    • But it's ages before the news gets up north to Bananaland that the ASL has passed more motions against agitators than you can poke a stick at, especially if they agitate amongst the unemployed.
    • The recompense ‘James’ required from the Government was three miles depth of frontage along the whole route; but the representatives of the people in Bananaland thought the offer was a bit one-sided, and declined to negotiate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Bananaland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA