banana republic

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Coined by American author O. Henry in 1901 in his short story Money Maze, set in the fictional "Anchuria", which was based on his 1896–97 stay in Honduras.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: piesangrepubliek — country
• Albanian: republika e bananeve — country
• Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّةُ الْمَوْزِ (jumhūriyyatu l-mawzi) — country
• Armenian: ադամաթզենու հանրապետություն (adamatʻzenu hanrapetutʻyun) — country
• Azerbaijani: banan respublikası — country
• Basque: banana errepublika — country
• Belarusian: бана́навая рэспу́бліка (banánavaja respúblika) — country
• Breton: republik ar bananez — country
• Bulgarian: бана́нова репу́блика (banánova repúblika) — country
• Catalan: república bananera — country
• Chinese Cantonese: 香蕉共和國 /香蕉共和国 (hoeng1 ziu1 gung6 wo4 gwok3) — country
• Chinese Mandarin: 香蕉共和國 /香蕉共和国 (xiāngjiāo gònghéguó) — country
• Czech: banánová republika — country
• Danish: bananrepublik — country
• Danish: bananstat — country
• Dutch: bananenrepubliek — country
• Esperanto: bananrespubliko — country
• Estonian: banaanivabariik — country
• Finnish: banaanivaltio — country
• Finnish: banaanitasavalta — country
• French: république bananière — country
• West-Frisian: bananerepublyk — country
• Galician: república bananeira — country
• Georgian: ბანანის რესპუბლიკა (bananis resṗubliḳa) — country
• German: Bananenrepublik — country
• Greek: μπανανία (bananía) — country
• Hebrew: רֶפּוּבְּלִיקַת בָּנָנוֹת (repúblikat banánot) — country
• Hindi: बनाना रिपब्लिक (banānā ripablik) — country
• Hindi: केला गणतंत्र (kelā gaṇtantra) — country
• Hungarian: banánköztársaság — country
• Icelandic: bananalýðveldi — country
• Indonesian: republik pisang — country
• Italian: repubblica delle banane — country
• Japanese: バナナ共和国 (banana kyōwakoku) — country
• Kazakh: банан республикасы (banan respublikasy) — country
• Korean: 바나나 공화국 — country
• Central Kurdish: کۆمارا مووزان (komara mûzan) — country
• Northern Kurdish: komara mûzan — country
• Kyrgyz: банан республикасы (banan respublikası) — country
• Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດກ້ວຍ (sā thā la na lat kuāi) — country
• Latvian: banānu republika — country
• Lithuanian: bananinė respublika — country
• Macedonian: банана република — country
• Macedonian: банана-држава (banana-država) — country
• Malagasy: fanjakan' i Baroa — country
• Malagasy: fanjakana baroa — country
• Malay: republik pisang — country
• Norwegian Bokmål: bananrepublikk — country
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bananrepublikk — country
• Iranian Persian: جُمْهوریِ مُوْزی (jomhuri-ye mowzi) — country
• Polish: republika bananowa — country
• Portuguese: república das bananas — country
• Romanian: republică bananieră — country
• Russian: бана́новая респу́блика (banánovaja respúblika) — country
• Serbo-Croatian: бана́на репу̀блика — country
• Serbo-Croatian: бана́на-др̀жава — country
• Serbo-Croatian: banána repùblika — country
• Serbo-Croatian: banána-dr̀žava — country
• Slovak: banánová republika — country
• Slovene: bananska republika — country
• Slovene: banana republika — country
• Spanish: república bananera — country
• Swedish: bananrepublik — country
• Tajik: ҷумҳурии банан (jumhuri-yi banan) — country
• Tatar: банан республикасы (banan respubliqası) — country
• Thai: สาธารณรัฐกล้วย (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát-glûai) — country
• Turkish: muz cumhuriyeti — country
• Turkmen: banan respublikasy — country
• Ukrainian: бана́нова респу́бліка (banánova respúblika) — country
• Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَہ کیلا (jamhūriya kelā) — country
• Urdu: بَنانا رِپَبْلِک (banānā ripablik) — country
• Uzbek: banan respublikasi — country
• Vietnamese: cộng hoà chuối — country
• Welsh: gweriniaeth fanana — country