Verweggistan

Pronunciation: /vɛrˈʋɛɣistɑn/

“Verweggistan” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

a proverbially obscure, far away country; Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia

Etymology

From ver weg (“far away”) + -stan, calque from English Faroffistan. First coined in Donald Duck magazine in the late 50s by Carl Fallberg. Cf. Danish Langtbortistan, Swedish Långtbortistan.

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