Langtbortistan

See also: Långtbortistan

Danish

Etymology

From langt borte (“far away”) +‎ -stan (“-stan”), coined by Donald Duck translator Sonja Rindom to denote a fictitious far-away country, calque of English Faroffistan, coined in 1958 by Carl Fallberg. Cf. Swedish Långtbortistan, Dutch Verweggistan.

Proper noun

Langtbortistan

  1. some remote location

Further reading
  • Becker-Christensen, Christian (2010) Nudansk ordbog med etymologi [Modern Danish Dictionary with Etymology], Politikens Forlagshus
  • “Langtbortistan” in Den Danske Ordbog
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