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independent mini-nation en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ミニ独立国 (minidokuritsukoku, “mini-independent country”). Transposed from alternative form mini-independent country to add emphasis on "mini-nation".

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of mini-independent country.
   alt of mini-independent country
   • These republics are among the "independent mini-nations" (mini dokuritsu koku) that have been founded throughout Japan since the late 1970s for a variety of overlapping objectives, including attracting tourists both to increase revenues and to counter the adverse effects of the out-migration of young adults. 1998, Stephen Vlastos, Mirror of Modernity: Invented Traditions of Modern Japan, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 121:

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micronation