Gringolandia
See also: gringolandia and Gringolândia
English
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Etymology
Proper noun
Gringolandia
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) The United States of America.
- Synonym: Gringoland
- 2009 November, John Quinn Olson, Tales From The Wild Blue Yonder *TAKING MEXICO FLYING* (Tales from the Wild Blue Yonder)[1], Dust Devil Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143:
- The three gringos had all hucked themselves off Cerro Potosi, an imposing peak on the road to Gringolandia. Their idea was to try to fly as far north as possible. North after all, was the way out — the way out of Mexico and back to Gringolandia.
- 2012 July 9, María DeGuzmán, Buenas Noches, American Culture: Latina/o Aesthetics of Night[2], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
- The film renders meaningless nativist claims of insider status in contrast to the supposed alien status of Mexicans, dissolving these claims in the nightmarish reality of having no more Mexican and Latin American labor on the highways, in the kitchens, in the factories, in the vineyards, or anywhere else in the infrastructure of Gringolandia.
- 2022 April 28, PJ Skinner, Fool's Gold: Classic Adventure Novel (Sam Harris Adventure Series)[4], PJ Skinner:
- 'Why were those men singing to me last night?' Sam asked the manager, who spoke English because of his time working in 'gringolandia'.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾinɡoˈlandja/ [ɡɾĩŋ.ɡoˈlãn̪.d̪ja]
- Rhymes: -andja
- Syllabification: Grin‧go‧lan‧dia
Proper noun
Gringolandia f