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IRREDENTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
Synonyms:
irredenta; irridenta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("irredenta" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Derivation:
irredentist; irridentist (an advocate of irredentism)