Junaiten

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From united (ellipsis of United States of America) +‎ -en (masculine definite suffix)

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Junaiten

  1. (colloquial) the United States of America
    Skal du på ferie i Junaiten?
    Are you going on holiday to the US?
    • 2007 November 27, Valerie Kubens, “De som dro til Junaiten [Those who went to the United States]”, in Fædrelandsvennen[1]:
      Han pendlet fram og tilbake mellom hjemlandet og Junaiten, mens kona Sara var hjemme med seks barn og småbruk i Kvinesdal.
      He commuted back and forth between the homeland and the United States, while his wife Sara was at home with six kids and a small farm in Kvinesdal.