Freedonia

• Fredonia

Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹiːˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/, [fɹiˈdoʊ.njə]
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Freedonia

1. Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.

   Coordinate terms: Slobbovia, Sylvania

   • 1933, Bert Kalmar et al., Duck Soup‎^[1]:

     Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!

   • 1949 February, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 37:

     That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia.

   • 2004, Steven M. Cahn, A New Introduction to Philosophy, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 96:

     Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania.

   • 2022 [2011], Chris Roberts, Jay Black, Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications‎^[2], Routledge, →ISBN:

     You are an advertising executive in Freedonia. Since before you were born, it has been illegal to advertise cigarettes on Freedonia television, one of the many limits on cigarette ads.

• Freedonian