IRREDENTA


Meaning of IRREDENTA in English

noun

or ir·ri·den·ta ˌirə̇ˈdentə

( -s )

Etymology: Italian irredenta (in Italia irredenta, literally, unredeemed Italy

— used to refer to Italian-speaking areas not incorporated in Italy), feminine of irredento unredeemed, from in- 1 in- (from Latin) + redento redeemed, from Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere to redeem — more at redeem : a region related historically or ethnically to one state but politically subject to another

a frontier irredenta

treaty inequities that created needless irredentas

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