republik pisang

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of republik +‎ pisang (“banana”).

Noun

republik pisang (plural republik-republik pisang)

  1. (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

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