Bananagate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.
Etymology
Suffix from English banana.
Origin
English
banana
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bananaland English
- banana English
- banana ketchup English
- bananageddon English
- bananaless English
- bananalike English
- bananaquit English
- bananery English
- bananivorous English
- nonbanana English
- banana Italian
- banane French
- banano Esperanto
- banana Welsh
- banano Ido
- bananey Manx
- ubhanana Zulu
- pinana Marshallese
- ibhanana Xhosa
- banana Tok Pisin
- banana Cornish
- bhanana Swati
- ibhanana North Ndebele
- banaana Wolof