Wednesday, April 13

Word of the day: irredentist  

Google Search: define:irredentist:

Definitions of irredentist on the Web:

• an advocate of irredentism
  www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
• Irredentism is claiming a right to territories belonging to another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. The word was coined in Italy from the phrase Italia irredenta ('unredeemed Italy'). This originally referred to Austro-Hungarian rule over mostly or partly Italian-inhabited territories in the northern Adriatic such as Trentino and Trieste during the 19th and early 20th century.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentist

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