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noun
1.
a mythical, romantic kingdom conceived as the setting for a fairy tale, costume drama, comic operetta, or the like.
2.
Facetious. any small, little-known country or region considered remote, backward, or exotic.
Origin:
after the fictional Central European kingdom in the novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) by A. Hope
after the fictional Central European kingdom in the novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) by A. Hope
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Ru·ri·ta·ni·an, adjective, noun
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