Poyais

P3O1Y4A1I1S1

proper noun

An invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.

Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAn invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.
Cite this entry
APA

Poyais. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poyais

MLA

“Poyais.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poyais. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poyais,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poyais.

Source: Poyais on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.