ruritania

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Ru⋅ri⋅ta⋅ni⋅a

[roo

r-i-tey-nee-uh, roo

r-i-tey-]

–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

Related forms:

Ru⋅ri⋅ta⋅ni⋅an, adjective, noun

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ruritania
noun
an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance

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