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Bjelkemander

name

Etymology

Blend of Bjelke + gerrymander, named after Australian politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

  1. derived from σαλαμάνδρα
  2. derived from salamandra
  3. derived from salamandre
  4. inherited from salamandre
  5. compounded as gerrymander — “Gerry + salamander”
  6. compounded as bjelkemander — “Bjelke + gerrymander”

Definitions

  1. The intentional malapportionment of votes in Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s.

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