Etymology

Borduria

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Today it means: An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Syldavia, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Full definition →

French Bordurie
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  1. French · borrowed fromBordurie
  2. English todayBorduria

From French Bordurie, from bordure (“border”). Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

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