republik pisang
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of republik + pisang (“banana”).
Noun
[edit]republik pisang (plural republik-republik pisang)
- (politics, idiomatic, derogatory) banana republic: a small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.
Further reading
[edit]- “republik pisang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.