IRREDENTA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another

Synonyms:

irredenta; irridenta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("irredenta" is a kind of...):

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

Derivation:

irredentist; irridentist (an advocate of irredentism)

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