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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English recognized English unrecognized From un- + recognized.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, not-comparable) Not recognized: ▸ Not matched in memory.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, not-comparable) Not recognized: ▸ Not acknowledged; not granted recognition.
   • [Never heard of] the Imperial Kingdom of Calsahara? The Conch Republic? The Principality of Sealand? You’re not alone. Léo Delafontaine hadn’t either until 2012, when he visited the Republic of Saugeais, a self-proclaimed micronation in eastern France. He's since become fascinated with "countries" unrecognized by world governments and organizations. 2014 November 18, Jordan Teicher, “The World's Tiniest Countries and the Eccentrics Who Rule Them”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2015:

Forms

Translations (10)

uk нерозпі́знаний (not matched in memory) · ru непри́знанный (not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged) · uk невпі́знаний (not matched in memory) · bg непризнат (not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged) · ru неузнанный (not matched in memory) · ru нераспо́знанный (not matched in memory) · uk неви́знаний (not acknowledged — see also unacknowledged) · de unerkannt (not matched in memory) · gl non recoñecido (not matched in memory) · eo nerekonita (not matched in memory)