Etymology

Erewhonian

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the fictional land of Erewhon. Full definition →

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The story

From Erewhon + -ian: the country's name is an approximate reversal of nowhere, from the novel Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.

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