Langtbortistan

See also: Långtbortistan

Danish

Etymology

From langt borte (“far away”) +‎ -stan (“-stan”), coined by Donald Duck translator Sonja Rindom to denote a fictitious far-away country, calque from English Faroffistan, coined in 1958 by Carl Fallberg. Cf. Swedish Långtbortistan, Dutch Verweggistan.

Proper noun

Langtbortistan

1. some remote location

Further reading

• Becker-Christensen, Christian (2010) Nudansk ordbog med etymologi [Modern Danish Dictionary with Etymology], Politikens Forlagshus
• “Langtbortistan” in Den Danske Ordbog