Borduria
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Borduria¹
Where it comes from
From French Bordurie, from bordure (“border”). Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.
proper noun
- An imaginary country located in the Balkans and enemy of Syldavia, in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Graustark, Ruritania, Borduria, Syldavia and a score of imaginary kingdoms, usurped by tyrants and sundered by fights for the throne, leap into mind: plots, treachery, imprisoned heirs and palace factions abound and, along with them, fiendish monocled swordsmen, queens in lonely towers, toppling ran
- A generic name of a fictional country, generally contrasted with a rival counterpart Syldavia. Is Syldavia a more unequal society than Borduria? For an inequality comparison to be meaningful, then the answer "yes, Syldavia is more unequal than Borduria" must also imply, in the other direction, "Borduria is less unequal than Syldavia."
Borduria²
proper noun
- A village in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The feuds between Namsang and Borduria continued. In 1875-76 the dispute between the Namsang and Borduria arose about the buffaloes which were carried off by Borduria people from Namsang areas.
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Talk about this word "Borduria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/borduria. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Borduria. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/borduria "Borduria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/borduria.Cite this
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title = {Borduria},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
