republik pisang

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of republik ‎ pisang (“banana”).

Noun

republik pisang (plural republik-republik pisang, first-person possessive republik pisangku, second-person possessive republik pisangmu, third-person possessive republik pisangnya)

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.

Further reading

• “republik pisang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.